Refinement of Draft Genome Assemblies of Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan).

ABSTRACT: Genome assembly of short reads from large plant genomes remains a challenge in computational biology despite major developments in next generation sequencing. Of late several draft assemblies have been reported in sequenced plant genomes. The reported draft genome assemblies of Cajanus cajan have different levels of genome completeness, a large number of repeats, gaps, and segmental duplications. Draft assemblies with portions of genome missing are shorter than the referenced original genome. These assemblies come with low map accuracy affecting further functional annotation and the prediction of gene components as desired by crop researchers. Genome coverage, i.e., the number of sequenced raw reads mapped onto a certain location of the genome is an important quality indicator of co

SUBMITTER: Marla SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7770131 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature