Refinement of Genome assemblies of Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan)

Published: Aug. 10, 2020, 1:03 p.m.

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.08.10.243949v1?rss=1 Authors: Marla, S. S., Mishra, P., Maurya, R., Singh, M., Wankhade, D. P., Gupta, A. K., N, S. R., Singh, S. K., Kumar, R. Abstract: Recent developments in genome sequencing of several important crops helped to enrich our understanding of basic biology and immensely contributed to crop improvement. However, assembly of short reads from large plant genomes remains a challenge in computational biology despite major developments in Next Generation sequencing. Of late multiple draft assemblies are reported for a single genome of an organism result in availability of data with different levels of genome completeness. Reported draft assemblies of Cajanus cajan often are shorter than the referenced original genome as portions of genome missing. Gene coverage i.e. number of sequenced raw reads mapped on to certain locations of the genome is an important quality parameter in assembly process. Genomes with high map accuracy are essential for prediction of desired genes for crop researchers. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info