GenomicsThe Journal of Liquid BiopsyPeer-reviewed
End-repair causes methylation underestimation in cell-free DNA sequencing libraries
Tobin Groth, Andrew A. Mishin, Varsha Rao…·Christopher J. Troll
The paper shows that end-repair in double-stranded DNA libraries reduces CpG methylation estimates and tissue origin accuracy, while trimming read termini mitigates this bias but reduces coverage.
DOI 10.1016/j.jlb.2026.100455