Monthly Archives: February 2012

Improved ALLPATHS-LG hybrid assemblies

After months of development, we are excited to announce a major upgrade to ALLPATHS-LG (as of revision 40776). We have switched over to a fundamentally new algorithm for hybrid (short + long read) assembly of small genomes. The algorithm uses the long reads at … Continue reading

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Manatee assembly released

The ALLPATHS-LG assembly of Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) is now available via NCBI and the Broad Institute ftp site. The basic statistics and location are given below: Contig N50 (kb) Scaffold N50 (Mb) NCBI Accession # Broad FTP 37.8 14.4 AHIN00000000 TriManLat1.0 Please read our release terms and … Continue reading

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Spotted Gar assembly released

The ALLPATHS-LG assembly of Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) is now available via NCBI and the Broad Institute ftp site. The basic statistics and location are given below: Contig N50 (kb) Scaffold N50 (Mb) NCBI Accession # Broad FTP 68.6 6.9 AHAT00000000 LepOcu1 Please read our release terms … Continue reading

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