Highlights
- •This study evaluates the forensic applicability of nanopore sequencing in MH typing.
- •MHtyper was developed for automated MH designation on nanopore sequencing data.
- •QNome can generate concordant MH result with MPS method.
- •15 MHs can be reliably genotyped using the QNome, with an overall accuracy of 99.83%.
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