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Denovo Assemly of unmapped reads

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How to determine the optimal k-mer value using velvet software for denovo genome assembly?

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updated by dbrowne.up • dbrowne.up • written by sukesh1411 • sukesh1411

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You can use VelvetOptimiser to determine the appropriate k-mer value for Velvet assembly.

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written by Sej Modha Sej Modha

In my experience, different regions of the genome are assembled optimally by different k-mer values. There is not one universally optimal k-mer value.

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