Advanced contig assembly

In shotgun DNA sequencing projects, a contig (from contiguous) is a set of overlapping DNA segments derived from a single genetic source. A contig in this sense can be used to deduce the original DNA sequence of the source.
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In CLC DNA Workbench and CLC Main Workbench, DNA sequence reads can be imported, trimmed and assembled from automated sequencing machines. A number of different file formats such as e.g. .SCF, .ABI, and PHD files are supported.

Some of the many advantages of CLC bio’s contig assembly framework are:

  • Customized graphical display of trace data and quality scores
  • Automatic annotation of reference sequences with known SNP's from the dbSNP database
  • An integrated framework allows the use of sequence annotation (such as SNP information) to guide the  interpretation of assembly results
  • State-of-the-art assembly algorithms
  • Automatic trimming of sequence reads based on quality scores, ambiguity characters and vector contamination
  • Quick-keys for lightning fast manual inspection and editing of contigs
  • Graphical illustration of read coverage for an easy overview of contig confidence

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