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A detailed guide to assessing genome assembly based on long-read sequencing data using Inspector.

Yan Guo, Yuwei Song, Limin Jiang, Yu Chen, Michele Ceccarelli, Min Gao, Zechen Chong

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Review in Nature protocols, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Yan Guo *Department of Public Health and Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA. yxg835@med.miami.edu.
Yuwei Song *Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2537-4343
Limin JiangDepartment of Public Health and Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
Yu ChenDepartment of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Michele CeccarelliDepartment of Public Health and Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
Min GaoDepartment of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Zechen ChongDepartment of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA. zchong@uabmc.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5750-1808

Funding

Impact of Macrophage Carbon Load and Epigenetic Aging on Lung Function Decline and MortalityR01ES035421 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI Steven A Belinsky, Shuguang Leng · 2024 to 2026
$2.2M
Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute (NCI Division of Cancer Prevention) P30CA240139Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute (NCI Division of Cancer Prevention) R01ES030993U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) R01ES035421U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) 1R35GM138212
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-read sequencing technologies yield extended DNA sequences capable of spanning intricate, repetitive genome regions, thereby facilitating the generation of more precise and comprehensive genome assemblies. However, assembly errors are inevitable owing to inherent genomic complexity and limitations of sequencing technology and assembly algorithms, making assembly evaluation crucial. The genome assembly evaluation tool Inspector presents several advantages over existing long-read de novo assembly evaluation tools, including (1) both reference-free and reference-guided assembly evaluation; (2) the ability to detect both small- and large-scale structural errors; (3) the option of assembly error correction, which can improve the quality value of the original assembly; and (4) the ability to perform haplotype-resolved assembly evaluation. Inspector can provide not only basic contig and alignment statistics, but also the precise locations and types of the different structural errors. These advantages provide a robust framework for long-read assembly evaluation. In this Protocol, we showcase four procedures to demonstrate the different applications of Inspector for long-read assembly evaluation. Inspector software and additional guides can be found at https://github.com/ChongLab/Inspector_protocol .

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GenomeGenomicsHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingSequence Analysis, DNASoftwareAlgorithmsHumans

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