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Assembling Plant Genomes with Long-Read Sequencing

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Plant Gametogenesis

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 2484))

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Continuous improvements in long-read sequencing allow us to tackle increasingly big and complex genomes. Here we present the principles of long-read genome assembly, taking Solanum pennellii nanopore sequencing as an example.

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Gouil, Q. (2022). Assembling Plant Genomes with Long-Read Sequencing. In: Lambing, C. (eds) Plant Gametogenesis. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2484. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2253-7_22

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