MetagenomeScope Web-Based Hierarchical Visualization of Metagenome Assembly Graphs

摘要

Sequencing technologies break up DNA into many small fragments, necessitating the reconstruction of these fragments in order to identify the complete structure of the input sequence. This process is referred to as assembly. In particular, genome assembly involves assembling sequences arising from a single organism's DNA, while metagenome assembly involves assembling sequences taken from uncultured environments in which many organisms' genetic material may be contained.