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An automated pipeline for guiding the choice of appropriate sequencing strategy and assembly protocols. iWGS seamlessly integrates the four key steps of a de novo genome sequencing project: data generation (through simulation), data quality control, de novo assembly, and assembly evaluation and validation. The last three steps can also be applied to the analysis of real data. iWGS is designed to enable the user to have great flexibility in testing the range of experimental designs available for genome sequencing projects, and supports all major sequencing technologies and popular assembly tools.

Software type:
Pipeline
Interface:
Command line interface
Restrictions to use:
None
Biological technology:
Illumina, Pacific Biosciences
Operating system:
Unix/Linux
Programming languages:
Perl
Computer skills:
Advanced
Stability:
Stable
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Maintainer

  • Xiaofan Zhou <xiaofan.zhou at vanderbilt.edu>

Institution(s)

Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA; Laboratory of Genetics, Genome Center of Wisconsin, DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA

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    DOI: 10.1101/028134
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    PMID: 21559467
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    PMID: 22676195
  • (Kleftogiannis et al., 2013) Comparing memory-efficient genome assemblers on stand-alone and cloud infrastructures. PloS one.
    PMID: 24086547
  • (Nagarajan and Pop, 2013) Sequence assembly demystified. Nature reviews Genetics.
    PMID: 23358380
  • (Bradnam et al., 2013) Assemblathon 2: evaluating de novo methods of genome assembly in three vertebrate species. GigaScience.
    PMID: 23870653
  • (Salzberg et al., 2012) GAGE: A critical evaluation of genome assemblies and assembly algorithms. Genome research.
    PMID: 22147368
  • (Utturkar et al., 2014) Evaluation and validation of de novo and hybrid assembly techniques to derive high-quality genome sequences. Bioinformatics.
    PMID: 24930142
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    PMID: 21102452
  • (Love et al., 2016) Evaluation of DISCOVAR de novo using a mosquito sample for cost-effective short-read genome assembly. BMC genomics.
    PMID: 26944054

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