Genome assembly is a powerful process that transforms raw sequencing data into a coherent representation of an organism’s genome. By following this step-by-step guide, you can successfully assemble genomes and uncover valuable biological insights....
This fusion event is a key evolutionary marker distinguishing humans from other great apes, as humans have 46 chromosomes while chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans possess 48. The fusion occurred through an end-to-end joining of two ancestral...
tools.bat.infspire.org - Circoletto, an online visualization tool based on Circos, which provides a fast, aesthetically pleasing and informative overview of sequence similarity search results.
Online version and downloadable software package for offline use (source code in...
majiq.biociphers.org -
Ability to detect, quantify, and visualize complex and de-novo splicing variations from RNASeq.
MAJIQ’s accuracy compares favorably to other algorithms.
MAJIQ 2 is *way* faster, more memory and I/O efficient
New visualization (VOILA...
www.nature.com - There is no disputing the importance of statistical analysis in biological research, but too often it is considered only after an experiment is completed, when it may be too late.
This collection highlights important statistical issues that...
If you’re starting out in bioinformatics or looking to sharpen your computational biology skills, having the right learning resources makes all the difference. Here’s my curated list of 10 must-read books — from beginner-friendly introductions to...
http://genomeribbon.com/ - Ribbon can be used for long reads, short reads, paired-end reads, and assembly/genome alignments. Instructions for each data format are available by clicking on "instructions" in each tab on the right.
Local installation:
You can install Ribbon...
github.com - evolverSimControl (eSC) can be used to simulate multi-chromosome genome evolution on an arbitrary phylogeny (Newick format). In addition to simply running evolver, eSC also automatically creates statistical summaries of the simulation...