Comparison of Short-Read Sequence Aligners Indicates Strengths and Weaknesses for Biologists to Consider

Aligning short-read sequences is the foundational step to most genomic and transcriptomic analyses, but not all tools perform equally, and choosing among the growing body of available tools can be daunting. Here, in order to increase awareness in the research community, we discuss the merits of comm...

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Main Authors: Ryan Musich, Lance Cadle-Davidson, Michael V. Osier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2021.657240/full