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Pollux: platform independent error correction of single and mixed genomes

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Bioinformatics, January 2015
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Title
Pollux: platform independent error correction of single and mixed genomes
Published in
BMC Bioinformatics, January 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12859-014-0435-6
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Eric Marinier, Daniel G Brown, Brendan J McConkey

Abstract

BackgroundSecond-generation sequencers generate millions of relatively short, but error-prone, reads. These errors make sequence assembly and other downstream projects more challenging. Correcting these errors improves the quality of assemblies and projects which benefit from error-free reads.ResultsWe have developed a general-purpose error corrector that corrects errors introduced by Illumina, Ion Torrent, and Roche 454 sequencing technologies and can be applied to single- or mixed-genome data. In addition to correcting substitution errors, we locate and correct insertion, deletion, and homopolymer errors while remaining sensitive to low coverage areas of sequencing projects. Using published data sets, we correct 94% of Illumina MiSeq errors, 88% of Ion Torrent PGM errors, 85% of Roche 454 GS Junior errors. Introduced errors are 20 to 70 times more rare than successfully corrected errors. Furthermore, we show that the quality of assemblies improves when reads are corrected by our software.ConclusionsPollux is highly effective at correcting errors across platforms, and is consistently able to perform as well or better than currently available error correction software. Pollux provides general-purpose error correction and may be used in applications with or without assembly.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 3 3%
France 1 1%
Norway 1 1%
Italy 1 1%
Korea, Republic of 1 1%
United Kingdom 1 1%
Sweden 1 1%
Unknown 86 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 34 36%
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 16%
Student > Master 13 14%
Student > Bachelor 6 6%
Professor 5 5%
Other 12 13%
Unknown 10 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 35 37%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 19 20%
Computer Science 12 13%
Environmental Science 4 4%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 2%
Other 7 7%
Unknown 16 17%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. 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 09 February 2015.
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