Evaluation of genome sequencing quality in selected plant species using expressed sequence tags.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the completion of genome sequencing projects for more than 30 plant species, large volumes of genome sequences have been produced and stored in online databases. Advancements in sequencing technologies have reduced the cost and time of whole genome sequencing enabling more and more plants to be subjected to genome sequencing. Despite this, genome sequence qualities of multiple plants have not been evaluated.

Methodology/principal finding

Integrity and accuracy were calculated to evaluate the genome sequence quality of 32 plants. The integrity of a genome sequence is presented by the ratio of chromosome size and genome size (or between scaffold size and genome size), which ranged from 55.31% to nearly 100%. The accuracy of genome sequence was presented by the

SUBMITTER: Shangguan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3726750 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature