Assembly merge

Cases

No reference assembly

One data set, multiple denovo assemblers

Example:

 * Solexa data
 * edena & velvet assemblers

Solutions:

 * merge 2 assembly sets
 * run minimus on them

Multipls data sets, one(multiple) denovo assemblers

Example:

 Solexa & 454 data
 velvet assemblers for each set

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Examples

Pseudomonas_syringae

Reference:

 Name           Length  %GC
 NC_004578.1    6397126 58.40
 NC_004633.1    73661   55.15
 NC_004632.1    67473   56.17

Repeats:

 desc    #repeats   min     max     mean    stdev    sum
 50bp+   991        50      7362    393.73  792.41   390192
 100bp+  429        100     7362    815.36  1060.29  349793

Data:

 Type            #reads       min     max     mean
 Solexa          6340136      32      32      32
 Sim(ulated)     6538167      32      32      32
 454             77466        35      371     240

Single assemblies:

 Assembler   type         input-data  #reads         #ctgs   min     max     mean      stdev     ctgs-sum      #singl  singl-sum
 edena       denovo       Solaxa      6340136        14084   100     5075    210.92    145.68    2970720       4893301
 velvet      denovo       Solaxa      6340136        25161   45      5057    241.83    212.61    6084887
 edena-sim   denovo       Sim         6538167        2068    100     47881   2994.03   4857.76   6191673       668
 velvet-sim  denovo       Sim         6538167        2207    45      56810   2820.91   5348.36   6225757
 AMOScmp     comparative  Solaxa      6340136        187     20      577929  34863.06  91692.34  6519394       698638

Merged assemblies:

 assemblers     type         input-data  #reads  #ctgs   min     max     mean            stdev           ctgs-sum        
 edena+velvet   denovo       contigs     39245