Tedna: a transposable element de novo assembler
Author(s) -
Matthias Zytnicki,
Eduard Akhunov,
Hadi Quesneville
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - Portuguese
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btu365
Subject(s) - transposable element , genome , biology , sequence assembly , computational biology , computer science , genetics , gene , gene expression , transcriptome
Recent technological advances are allowing many laboratories to sequence their research organisms. Available de novo assemblers leave repetitive portions of the genome poorly assembled. Some genomes contain high proportions of transposable elements, and transposable elements appear to be a major force behind diversity and adaptation. Few de novo assemblers for transposable elements exist, and most have either been designed for small genomes or 454 reads.
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