[mira_talk] Re: cluster reads before assembly

  • From: Bastien Chevreux <bach@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mira_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:47:20 +0200

On Donnerstag 22 Juli 2010 Isabel Queirós Neves wrote:
> I would like to know if the removal of reads that are exactly the same
> before the assembly will negatively influence MIRA's 'behaviour'?

Yes. Two (or more) identical reads would form a contig. Leaving only one read 
would make a singlet out of it.

> reading the manual I somehow got the impression that MIRA uses the
> repeats to tag the singlets, for example.

No, this does not happen.

> But I read on MIRA talk that reads could be clustered using wcdest, i
> am not sure if this is a go approach to reduce the amount of reads I
> have.

Clustering reads before assembly might not be the best approach. Never tried 
it, but I have my doubts.

What's the "amount" of reads you're talking of?

B.

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