Aquila enables reference-assisted diploid personal genome assembly and comprehensive variant detection based on linked reads

Genome assembly approaches are limited by factors including cost, power and incomplete resolution. Here, the authors present Aquila, a method that uses a reference sequence and linked read data to generate high quality diploid genome assemblies from which genetic variation can be detected and phased...

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Main Authors: Xin Zhou, Lu Zhang, Ziming Weng, David L. Dill, Arend Sidow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21395-x
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author Xin Zhou
Lu Zhang
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description Genome assembly approaches are limited by factors including cost, power and incomplete resolution. Here, the authors present Aquila, a method that uses a reference sequence and linked read data to generate high quality diploid genome assemblies from which genetic variation can be detected and phased.
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spelling doaj.art-510921fb5e644af2b377aa9970ed505a2022-12-21T21:46:15ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232021-02-0112111210.1038/s41467-021-21395-xAquila enables reference-assisted diploid personal genome assembly and comprehensive variant detection based on linked readsXin Zhou0Lu Zhang1Ziming Weng2David L. Dill3Arend Sidow4Department of Computer Science, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Pathology, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Pathology, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Computer Science, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Pathology, Stanford UniversityGenome assembly approaches are limited by factors including cost, power and incomplete resolution. Here, the authors present Aquila, a method that uses a reference sequence and linked read data to generate high quality diploid genome assemblies from which genetic variation can be detected and phased.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21395-x
spellingShingle Xin Zhou
Lu Zhang
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David L. Dill
Arend Sidow
Aquila enables reference-assisted diploid personal genome assembly and comprehensive variant detection based on linked reads
Nature Communications
title Aquila enables reference-assisted diploid personal genome assembly and comprehensive variant detection based on linked reads
title_full Aquila enables reference-assisted diploid personal genome assembly and comprehensive variant detection based on linked reads
title_fullStr Aquila enables reference-assisted diploid personal genome assembly and comprehensive variant detection based on linked reads
title_full_unstemmed Aquila enables reference-assisted diploid personal genome assembly and comprehensive variant detection based on linked reads
title_short Aquila enables reference-assisted diploid personal genome assembly and comprehensive variant detection based on linked reads
title_sort aquila enables reference assisted diploid personal genome assembly and comprehensive variant detection based on linked reads
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21395-x
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