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Test driving genome assemblers

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Two head-to-head comparisons of genome assembly methods highlight the best performers and outstanding problems.

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Figure 1: Generating a genome sequence by next-generation sequencing and de novo assembly.

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  1. Wei Fan and Ruiqiang Li are in the Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.,

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Fan, W., Li, R. Test driving genome assemblers. Nat Biotechnol 30, 330–331 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2172

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