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Choice of assemblers has a critical impact on de novo assembly of SARS-CoV-2 genome and characterizing variants.
Briefings in bioinformatics - 2 Sept 2021
Islam Rashedul, Raju Rajan Saha, Tasnim Nazia, Shihab Istiak Hossain, Bhuiyan Maruf Ahmed, Araf Yusha, Islam Tofazzal
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BACKGROUND: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become a global pandemic following its initial emergence in China. SARS-CoV-2 has a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus genome of around 30Kb. Using next-generation sequencing technologies, a large number of SARS-CoV-2 genomes are being sequenced at an unprecedented rate and being...
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