Hi all, Following Bastien's advises i've seen in this list previously, i have used very strict parameters to assemble 454 data in order to detect potential SNPs with a good confidence. Problem is, using these parameters, the number of reads falling into debrislist reaches 60%, and out of the 40% remaining reads used during assembly only 25% en up in contigs with good enough coverage for SNP detection. At the end, only 10% of the reads were effectively used to predict potential SNP positions... Does someone else have similar results ? Or is it that my reads are really of low quality ? Is it really worth it to loose 90% of reads in order to gain in confidence of SNPs discovered ? Did someone tried using different parameter settings in order to evaluate sensitivity vs specificity of SNP detection with mira ? The species i'm working with is a polyploid eukaryote, and the sequences are PCR amplicons which were ligated before sonication and 454 titanium sequencing on 4 different cultivars. I've developped a script in order to detect and split potential chimeras, and although it worked quite well, i'm pretty sure i didn't detect all chimeric sequences. So if someone knows of a tool which does this kind of clipping, i'd also like to hear from him !!! Thanks for any comments or feelings you could have on these topics, jorge. --- Jorge Duarte Bioinformatics Research Engineer BIOGEMMA - Upstream Genomics Group Z.I. Du Brézet 8, Rue des Frères Lumière 63028 CLERMONT FERRAND Cedex 2 FRANCE Tel : +33 (0)4 73 39 60 73 Fax : +33 (0)4 73 39 60 71 E-mail : jorge.duarte@xxxxxxxxxxxx ***************************************************************** Pour toute demande de support merci d'inclure BIOGEMMA_BioInfo_Service ou bioinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxx dans les destinataires lors du premier contact ***************************************************************** BIOGEMMA S.A.S. au capital social de 48.335.652,00 ?. 1, Rue Edouard Colonne - 75001 PARIS. RCS PARIS 412 514 366 This message and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee(s) named above. The information contained in this email may also be legally privileged. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by reply email or by fax and then delete it. Any use, distribution or reproduction of this message is strictly prohibited. The integrity or authenticity of this message cannot be guaranteed. We therefore shall not be liable for the message if altered, changed or falsified. Thank you. Cet email et ses pièces jointes sont strictement confidentiels et destinés uniquement à l'usage du (des) destinataire(s) sus-indiqué(s). Les informations contenues dans cet email sont légalement protégées. Si vous avez reçu cet email par erreur, merci de nous le retourner immédiatement par courrier électronique ou télécopie avant de le supprimer. Toute utilisation ou reproduction de cet email est strictement interdite. La véracité et l'authenticité de cet email et de son contenu ne peuvent être garanties et nous ne pouvons être tenus responsables de leur altération, modification ou falsification. Merci.