VelvetS: Software for Optimizing Velvet Input

Authors

Donald Ford, Brigham Young University
John Chaston, Brigham Young University

Keywords

VelvetS, Velvet input, open source software solution, sequencing techniques

College

Life Sciences

Department

Plant and Wildlife Sciences

Abstract

Genome assembly is an important tool used to obtain more complete representations of entire genomes. Sequencing techniques, such as shotgun sequencing, are able to generate short pieces of a genome known as reads. Genome assemblers use these reads in order to produce larger genome sequences, known as contigs. This is done by computing how these reads overlap with each other. The ultimate goal is to create a single contig which represents an entire genome, though usually genome assemblers fall short of this goal.

Recommended Citation

Ford, Donald and Chaston, John (2017) "VelvetS: Software for Optimizing Velvet Input," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2017: Iss. 1, Article 241.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2017/iss1/241