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ngsTools: methods for population genetics analyses from next-generation sequencing data

Fumagalli, M; Vieira, FG; Linderoth, T; Nielsen, R; (2014) ngsTools: methods for population genetics analyses from next-generation sequencing data. Bioinformatics , 30 (10) 1486 - 1487. 10.1093/bioinformatics/btu041. Green open access

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Abstract

Next-generation sequencing technologies produce short reads that are either de novo assembled or mapped to a reference genome. Genotypes and/or single-nucleotide polymorphisms are then determined from the read composition at each site, which become the basis for many downstream analyses. However, for low sequencing depths, e.g. , there is considerable statistical uncertainty in the assignment of genotypes because of random sampling of homologous base pairs in heterozygotes and sequencing or alignment errors. Recently, several probabilistic methods have been proposed to account for this uncertainty and make accurate inferences from low quality and/or coverage sequencing data. We present ngsTools, a collection of programs to perform population genetics analyses from next-generation sequencing data. The methods implemented in these programs do not rely on single-nucleotide polymorphism or genotype calling and are particularly suitable for low sequencing depth data.

Type: Article
Title: ngsTools: methods for population genetics analyses from next-generation sequencing data
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btu041
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btu041
Language: English
Additional information: © The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. PMCID: PMC4016704
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1433139
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