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| Title |
Assessing the benefits of using mate-pairs to resolve repeats in de novo short-read prokaryotic assemblies
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| Published in |
BMC Bioinformatics, April 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2105-12-95 |
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| Authors |
Joshua Wetzel, Carl Kingsford, Mihai Pop |
| Abstract |
Next-generation sequencing technologies allow genomes to be sequenced more quickly and less expensively than ever before. However, as sequencing technology has improved, the difficulty of de novo genome assembly has increased, due in large part to the shorter reads generated by the new technologies. The use of mated sequences (referred to as mate-pairs) is a standard means of disambiguating assemblies to obtain a more complete picture of the genome without resorting to manual finishing. Here, we examine the effectiveness of mate-pair information in resolving repeated sequences in the DNA (a paramount issue to overcome). While it has been empirically accepted that mate-pairs improve assemblies, and a variety of assemblers use mate-pairs in the context of repeat resolution, the effectiveness of mate-pairs in this context has not been systematically evaluated in previous literature. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 20% |
| Norway | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 3 | 60% |
| Members of the public | 2 | 40% |
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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 196 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 3% |
| Brazil | 5 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2% |
| Italy | 2 | 1% |
| Russia | 2 | 1% |
| Germany | 2 | 1% |
| Australia | 2 | 1% |
| Austria | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 11 | 6% |
| Unknown | 152 | 78% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 58 | 30% |
| Researcher | 54 | 28% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 5% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 31 | 16% |
| Unknown | 19 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 108 | 55% |
| Computer Science | 23 | 12% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 22 | 11% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 3% |
| Engineering | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 12 | 6% |
| Unknown | 22 | 11% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 April 2023.
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