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fragment size: the Illumina WGS protocol generates paired-end reads from both ends of longer fragments. The lengths of these fragments are assumed to be sampled from a normal distribution. Therefore, in the absence of structural variants,...

github.com - MeDuSa (Multi-Draft based Scaffolder), an algorithm for genome scaffolding. MeDuSa exploits information obtained from a set of (draft or closed) genomes from related organisms to determine the correct order and orientation of the contigs. MeDuSa...

github.com - Porechop is a tool for finding and removing adapters from Oxford Nanopore reads. Adapters on the ends of reads are trimmed off, and when a read has an adapter in its middle, it is treated as chimeric and chopped into separate reads. Porechop...

Applications are invited from suitable candidates for six months ‘Training Fellowship' at National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR). About National Institute Of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR) http://www.nipgr.res.in/ The National...

chagall.med.cornell.edu - RNAseq can be roughly divided into two "types": Reference genome-based - an assembled genome exists for a species for which an RNAseq experiment is performed. It allows reads to be aligned against the reference genome and significantly improves...

github.com - Java utilities for Bioinformatics https://github.com/lindenb/jvarkit

github.com - Filtering on quality and/or read length, and optional trimming after passing filters.Reads from stdin, writes to stdout. Intended to be used: directly after fastq extraction prior to mapping in a stream between extraction and...

Applications are invited from eligible candidates for the following posts at Bioinformatics Centre (DIC), IT- BT Complex, College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikkara, Thrissur. 1. Research Associate Emoluments*:...

github.com - nQuire provides a statistical framework to study organisms with intraspecific variation in ploidy. nQuire is likely to be useful in epidemiological studies of pathogens, artificial selection experiments, and for historical or ancient samples where...