title: RADcap: sequence capture of dual-digest RADseq libraries with identifiable duplicates and reduced missing data.
abstract: Molecular ecologists seek to genotype hundreds to thousands of loci from hundreds to thousands of individuals at minimal cost per sample. Current methods, such as restriction-site-associated DNA sequencing (RADseq) and sequence capture, are constrained by costs associated with inefficient use of sequencing data and sample preparation. Here, we introduce RADcap, an approach that combines the major benefits of RADseq (low cost with specific start positions) with those of sequence capture (repeatable sequencing of specific loci) to significantly increase efficiency and reduce costs relative to current approaches. RADcap uses a new version of dual-digest RADseq (3RAD) to identify candidate SNP loci for capture bait design and subsequently uses custom sequence capture baits to consistently enrich candidate SNP loci across many individuals. We combined this approach with a new library preparation method for identifying and removing PCR duplicates from 3RAD libraries, which allows researchers to process RADseq data using traditional pipelines, and we tested the RADcap method by genotyping sets of 96-384 Wisteria plants. Our results demonstrate that our RADcap method: (i) methodologically reduces (to <5%) and allows computational removal of PCR duplicate reads from data, (ii) achieves 80-90% reads on target in 11 of 12 enrichments, (iii) returns consistent coverage (≥4×) across >90% of individuals at up to 99.8% of the targeted loci, (iv) produces consistently high occupancy matrices of genotypes across hundreds of individuals and (v) costs significantly less than current approaches.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
authors.forename: Sandra L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Hoffberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
authors.forename: Troy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Kieran
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
authors.forename: Julian M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Catchen
authors.affiliation: MycroArray, 5692 Plymouth Rd., Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Devault
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences and Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA.
authors.forename: Brant C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Faircloth
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
authors.forename: Rodney
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mauricio
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.|Department of Environmental Health Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
authors.forename: Travis C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Glenn
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D060005:Genotyping Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*; D032447:Wisteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes
keywords: 3RAD; Illumina; Wisteria; ddRAD; reduced representation libraries; target enrichment