GAGE: A critical evaluation of genome assemblies and assembly algorithms

SL Salzberg, AM Phillippy, A Zimin, D Puiu… - Genome …, 2012 - genome.cshlp.org
New sequencing technology has dramatically altered the landscape of whole-genome
sequencing, allowing scientists to initiate numerous projects to decode the genomes of …

Assembly of long error-prone reads using de Bruijn graphs

Y Lin, J Yuan, M Kolmogorov… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The recent breakthroughs in assembling long error-prone reads were based on the overlap-
layout-consensus (OLC) approach and did not utilize the strengths of the alternative de …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into hominid evolution from the gorilla genome sequence

A Scally, JY Dutheil, LDW Hillier, GE Jordan… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Gorillas are humans' closest living relatives after chimpanzees, and are of comparable
importance for the study of human origins and evolution. Here we present the assembly and …

Identification of novel transcripts in annotated genomes using RNA-Seq

A Roberts, H Pimentel, C Trapnell, L Pachter - Bioinformatics, 2011 - academic.oup.com
We describe a new 'reference annotation based transcript assembly'problem for RNA-Seq
data that involves assembling novel transcripts in the context of an existing annotation. This …

[HTML][HTML] The channel catfish genome sequence provides insights into the evolution of scale formation in teleosts

Z Liu, S Liu, J Yao, L Bao, J Zhang, Y Li, C Jiang… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Catfish represent 12% of teleost or 6.3% of all vertebrate species, and are of enormous
economic value. Here we report a high-quality reference genome sequence of channel …

A cloud-compatible bioinformatics pipeline for ultrarapid pathogen identification from next-generation sequencing of clinical samples

SN Naccache, S Federman, N Veeraraghavan… - Genome …, 2014 - genome.cshlp.org
Unbiased next-generation sequencing (NGS) approaches enable comprehensive pathogen
detection in the clinical microbiology laboratory and have numerous applications for public …

Applications of next-generation sequencing to phylogeography and phylogenetics

JE McCormack, SM Hird, AJ Zellmer… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2013 - Elsevier
This is a time of unprecedented transition in DNA sequencing technologies. Next-generation
sequencing (NGS) clearly holds promise for fast and cost-effective generation of multilocus …

New approaches for metagenome assembly with short reads

M Ayling, MD Clark, RM Leggett - Briefings in bioinformatics, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In recent years, the use of longer range read data combined with advances in assembly
algorithms has stimulated big improvements in the contiguity and quality of genome …

[HTML][HTML] Taming the beast: a revised classification of Cortinariaceae based on genomic data

K Liimatainen, JT Kim, L Pokorny, PM Kirk, B Dentinger… - Fungal Diversity, 2022 - Springer
Family Cortinariaceae currently includes only one genus, Cortinarius, which is the largest
Agaricales genus, with thousands of species worldwide. The species are important …

The king cobra genome reveals dynamic gene evolution and adaptation in the snake venom system

FJ Vonk, NR Casewell, CV Henkel… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Snakes are limbless predators, and many species use venom to help overpower relatively
large, agile prey. Snake venoms are complex protein mixtures encoded by several …