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Is it true that N50 is not an important parameter for quality in Transcriptome Assembly?

Dear All,

I came to know that N50 value is not an important parameter to determine the Assembly quality in Transcriptome assembly rather it can be applicable in Genome assembly. Is it true?, although we know N50 value is also changeable with more mismatches so can't rely on that fully. Can any one comment on this??

Thank you.
Amk

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updated by Brian Bushnell Brian Bushnell • written by Amk Amk

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N50 is not as useful in a transcriptome assembly as genome. In a genome, a low N50 (few contigs) and high L50 (long contigs) are good. But in a transcriptome, it really depends on the organism - you want the contigs to reflect the organism's genes and isoforms, rather than just being as long as possible.

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updated by Ram Ram • written by Brian Bushnell Brian Bushnell

N50 is needed. It is an important parameter only then one can go ahead with the Assembly or else there is no point.

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