AluMine: alignment-free method for the discovery of polymorphic Alu element insertions

Abstract Background Recently, alignment-free sequence analysis methods have gained popularity in the field of personal genomics. These methods are based on counting frequencies of short k-mer sequences, thus allowing faster and more robust analysis compared to traditional alignment-based methods. Re...

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Main Authors: Tarmo Puurand, Viktoria Kukuškina, Fanny-Dhelia Pajuste, Maido Remm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Mobile DNA
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13100-019-0174-3