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ArticleGenome biology2025

DeepCOI: a large language model-driven framework for fast and accurate taxonomic assignment in animal metabarcoding.

Ho-Jin Gwak, Mina Rho

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Article in Genome biology, 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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2 authors.

Ho-Jin GwakDepartment of Computer Science, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
Mina RhoDepartment of Computer Science, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. minarho@hanyang.ac.kr.

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Korea Basic Science Institute 2023R1A6C101A009Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Korea 20220517the Korea government (MSIT) RS-2020-II201373
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Abstract

Metabarcoding remains challenging due to incomplete taxonomic annotations and computationally intensive processes. We present DeepCOI, a large language model-based classifier pre-trained on seven million cytochrome c oxidase I gene sequences. DeepCOI enables fast and accurate taxonomic assignment across eight major phyla, achieving an AU-ROC of 0.958 and AU-PR of 0.897-outperforming existing methods while significantly reducing inference time. Additionally, DeepCOI demonstrates interpretability by identifying taxonomically informative sequence positions. By integrating large-scale datasets and self-supervised learning, DeepCOI enhances both the accuracy and efficiency of metabarcoding processes, providing a scalable solution for biodiversity assessment and environmental monitoring.

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DNA Barcoding, TaxonomicSoftwareAnimalsBiodiversityElectron Transport Complex IVLarge Language ModelsElectron Transport Complex IVCOI genesExplainable AILanguage modelMetabarcodingMetagenomicsSelf-supervised learning

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PMID41250240
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