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K-mer Based Assembly

K-Mer Based Assembly is a computational method in genome and transcriptome assembly that constructs sequences by enumerating and traversing overlapping k-mers derived from high-throughput sequencing reads, distinguishing itself from other assembly approaches through its reliance on fixed-length subsequences for de novo reconstruction without a reference genome.

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242

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124

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2017–2026

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K-mer Assembly

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Publications

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Velvet: Algorithms for de novo short read assembly using de Bruijn graphs

Daniel R. Zerbino, Ewan Birney · Genome Research · 2008 · 9.7K citations · Full text

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Canu: scalable and accurate long-read assembly via adaptive <i>k</i> -mer weighting and repeat separation

Sergey Koren, Brian P. Walenz, Konstantin Berlin et al. · Genome Research · 2017 · 8.2K citations · Full text

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A fast, lock-free approach for efficient parallel counting of occurrences of <i>k</i> -mers

Guillaume Marçais, Carl Kingsford · Bioinformatics · 2011 · 5.1K citations · Full text

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Merqury: reference-free quality, completeness, and phasing assessment for genome assemblies

Arang Rhie, Brian P. Walenz, Sergey Koren et al. · Genome biology · 2020 · 3.5K citations · Full text

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Efficient de novo assembly of highly heterozygous genomes from whole-genome shotgun short reads

Rei Kajitani, Kouta Toshimoto, Hideki Noguchi et al. · Genome Research · 2014 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Authors

242

  1. BP
    Brian P. Walenz

    National Human Genome Research Institute, United States

    5 publications · 12K citations

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  2. AM
    Adam M. Phillippy

    National Human Genome Research Institute, United States

    5 publications · 12K citations

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  3. SK
    Sergey Koren

    National Human Genome Research Institute, United States

    5 publications · 12K citations

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  4. RC
    Rayan Chikhi

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    3 publications · 835 citations

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  5. RL
    René L. Warren

    Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, Canada

    3 publications · 353 citations

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Institutions

124

  1. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    6 h-index

    20 publications

    40.4K citations

  2. National Human Genome Research Institute

    Bethesda, United States

    5 h-index

    18 publications

    39.6K citations

  3. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. BC Cancer Agency

    Vancouver, Canada

    3 h-index

    18 publications

    2.2K citations

  5. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    283 citations

  6. Marine Biological Laboratory

    Woods Hole, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    127 citations

  7. Anglia Ruskin University

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    161 citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    786 citations

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Venues

  1. Bioinformatics

    14 publications · 6.8K citations

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  2. BMC Bioinformatics

    7 publications · 688 citations

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  3. Genome Research

    GR · 5 publications · 19.4K citations

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  4. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 4 publications · 557 citations

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  5. PLoS ONE

    4 publications · 346 citations

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