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- Title
Hybrid assembly with long and short reads improves discovery of gene family expansions.
- Authors
Miller, Jason R.; Peng Zhou; Mudge, Joann; Gurtowski, James; Hayan Lee; Ramaraj, Thiruvarangan; Walenz, Brian P.; Junqi Liu; Stupar, Robert M.; Denny, Roxanne; Li Song; Singh, Namrata; Maron, Lyza G.; McCouch, Susan R.; McCombie, W. Richard; Schatz, Michael C.; Tiffin, Peter; Young, Nevin D.; Silverstein, Kevin A. T.
- Abstract
Background: Long-read and short-read sequencing technologies offer competing advantages for eukaryotic genome sequencing projects. Combinations of both may be appropriate for surveys of within-species genomic variation. Methods: We developed a hybrid assembly pipeline called "Alpaca" that can operate on 20X long-read coverage plus about 50X short-insert and 50X long-insert short-read coverage. To preclude collapse of tandem repeats, Alpaca relies on base-call-corrected long reads for contig formation. Results: Compared to two other assembly protocols, Alpaca demonstrated the most reference agreement and repeat capture on the rice genome. On three accessions of the model legume Medicago truncatula, Alpaca generated the most agreement to a conspecific reference and predicted tandemly repeated genes absent from the other assemblies. Conclusion: Our results suggest Alpaca is a useful tool for investigating structural and copy number variation within de novo assemblies of sampled populations.
- Subjects
RICE genetics; EUKARYOTIC genomes; EUKARYOTIC cell genetics; LEGUME genetics; LEGUME processing
- Publication
BMC Genomics, 2017, Vol 18, p1
- ISSN
1471-2164
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12864-017-3927-8