Abstract: A method for analyzing loss-of-heterozygosity (LoH) in at least one sample comprising genomic DNA can include: a. providing the sample comprising genomic DNA; b. carrying out a deterministic restriction-site whole genome amplification (DRS-WGA) of said genomic DNA; c. preparing a massively parallel sequencing library from the product of said DRS-WGA; d. carrying out low-pass whole genome sequencing at a mean coverage depth of <1 on said massively parallel sequencing library; e. aligning the reads obtained in step d. on a reference genome for said at least one sample; f. extracting the allelic content at a plurality of loci, wherein said plurality of loci comprises polymorphic loci and/or heterozygous loci; g. assigning an LoH score to at least one genomic window of said reference genome for said at least one sample as a function of the number of loci with at least two different alleles in said plurality of loci.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for whole genome amplification and analysis of multiple target molecules in a biological sample including genomic DNA and target molecules comprising the steps of contacting the biological sample with at least one binding agent, directed to at least one of the target molecules, conjugated with a tagged oligonucleotide, which comprises a binding-agent barcode sequence (BAB) and a unique molecular identifier sequence (UMI); carrying out a separating step to selectively remove unbound binding agent thus obtaining a labeled biological sample; simultaneously carrying out on the labeled biological sample a whole genome amplification and an amplification of the tagged oligonucleotide; preparing a massively parallel sequencing library from the amplified tagged oligonucleotide; sequencing the massively parallel sequencing library; retrieving the sequences of the BAB and UMI from each sequencing read; counting the number of distinct UMI for each binding agent.