RetroScan: An Easy-to-Use Pipeline for Retrocopy Annotation and Visualization.

ABSTRACT: Retrocopies, which are considered "junk genes," are occasionally formed via the insertion of reverse-transcribed mRNAs at new positions in the genome. However, an increasing number of recent studies have shown that some retrocopies exhibit new biological functions and may contribute to genome evolution. Hence, the identification of retrocopies has become very meaningful for studying gene duplication and new gene generation. Current pipelines identify retrocopies through complex operations using alignment programs and filter scripts in a step-by-step manner. Therefore, there is an urgent need for a simple and convenient retrocopy annotation tool. Here, we report the development of RetroScan, a publicly available and easy-to-use tool for scanning, annotating and displaying retrocopies, consi

SUBMITTER: Wei Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8415311 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature