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RNA-Seq unleashed

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A transcriptome can be readily assembled from RNA-Seq data in the absence of a reference genome.

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Figure 1: The Trinity method for transcriptome assembly in the absence of a reference genome.

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Iyer, M., Chinnaiyan, A. RNA-Seq unleashed. Nat Biotechnol 29, 599–600 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.1915

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