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Nature Protocols, Published online: 08 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41596-026-01362-wSniffles2 is an open-source software for reliable detection of structural variants (50 bp and upward) from long-read sequencing. Sniffles2 is able to call variants over a wide variant allele fraction (5–100%) and across multiple samples (population).
