A field guide to whole-genome sequencing, assembly and annotation

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1026-1042

  Ekblom, Robert ^a   Wolf, Jochen B W ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Conservation genomics; Genome assembly; Next generation sequencing; Vertebrates; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911882712     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12178     Document Type: Review

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