ArticleBioinformatics advances2026
PopMAG: a Nextflow pipeline for population genetics analysis based on metagenome-assembled genomes.
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Abstract
Motivation: Metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) are routinely recovered from metagenomic studies, yet the population genetic information embedded within these datasets remains largely underutilized. Analyzing within-species genetic variation can reveal adaptive evolution, selection pressures, and ecological dynamics that are hidden when MAGs are treated as homogeneous entities. Existing tools address individual analysis steps in isolation, requiring manual integration and creating barriers for researchers without extensive bioinformatics expertise. Results: Here we present PopMAG, a Nextflow pipeline and interactive Shiny application that automates population genetics analysis of MAGs. PopMAG integrates quality control, community profiling, competitive read mapping, functional annotation, and microdiversity estimation into a single reproducible workflow. The pipeline calculates key population genetics metrics including nucleotide diversity ( Availability and implementation: PopMAG and corresponding documentation are publicly available at https://github.com/daasabogalro/PopMAG.
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