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However, the performance of these NADTs through antibody sequences with intrinsic somatic hypermutations (SHMs) is unclear. Here, we developed a tool to simulate repertoires by integrating the full spectrum features of an antibody repertoire such as germline gene usage, junctional modification, position-specific SHM and clonal expansion based on 2152 high-quality datasets. We then systematically evaluated these NADTs using both simulated and genuine Ig-seq datasets. Finally, we applied these NADTs to 687 Ig-seq datasets and identified 43 novel allele candidates (NACs) using defined criteria. Twenty-five alleles were validated through findings of other sources. 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