Consed
is a program for viewing, editing, and finishing DNA
sequence assemblies. Originally developed for sequence assemblies created with
phrap, recent versions also support other sequence assembly programs like Newbler.
History
Consed was originally developed as a contig editing and finishing tool for large-scale cosmid shotgun sequencing in the
Human Genome Project. At genome sequencing centers, Consed was used to check assemblies generated by
phrap, solve assembly problems like those caused by highly identical repeats, and finishing tasks like primer picking and gap closure.
Development of Consed has continued after the completion of the
Human Genome Project. Current Consed versions support very large projects with millions of reads, enabling the use with newer sequencing methods like
454 sequencing and
Solexa
Illumina, Inc. is an American biotechnology company, headquartered in San Diego, California. Incorporated on April 1, 1998, Illumina develops, manufactures, and markets integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and biological funct ...
sequencing. Consed also has advanced tools for finishing tasks like automated primer picking
See also
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Phred
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Phrap
References
External links
Consed homepage
Bioinformatics
Computational science
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