A comparison across non-model animals suggests an optimal sequencing depth for de novo transcriptome assembly

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Francis, Warren R ^a,b   Christianson, Lynne M ^a   Kiko, Rainer ^c   Powers, Meghan L ^a,b   Shaner, Nathan C ^d   D Haddock, Steven H ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d SCINTILLON INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNELID; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CHORDATA; CNIDARIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOPHORA; DE NOVO TRANSCRIPTOME ASSEMBLY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HEART; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REFERENCE GENOME; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCING DEPTH; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HEART MUSCLE; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; CHORDATA; CNIDARIA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); MOLLUSCA; SIPHONOPHORA (HYDROZOANS);

ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMICS; INVERTEBRATES; MICE; MYOCARDIUM; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84877801923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-167     Document Type: Article

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