Modernizing Reference Genome Assemblies

Deanna M. Church; Valerie A. Schneider; Tina Graves; Katherine Auger; Fiona Cunningham; Nathan Bouk; Hsiu-Chuan Chen; Richa Agarwala; William M. McLaren; Graham R.S. Ritchie; Derek Albracht; Milinn Kremitzki; Susan Rock; Holland Kotkiewicz; Colin Kremitzki; Aye Wollam; Lee Trani; Lucinda Fulton; Robert Fulton; Lucy Matthews; Siobhan Whitehead; Will Chow; James Torrance; Matthew Dunn; Glenn Harden; Glen Threadgold; Jonathan Wood; Joanna Collins; Paul Heath; Guy Griffiths; Sarah Pelan; Darren Grafham; Evan E. Eichler; George Weinstock; Elaine R. Mardis; Richard K. Wilson; Kerstin Howe; Paul Flicek; Tim Hubbard

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001091

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Modernizing Reference Genome Assemblies

Deanna M. Church ,

* E-mail: church@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Valerie A. Schneider,

Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Tina Graves,

Affiliation The Genome Institute at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Katherine Auger,

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Fiona Cunningham,

Affiliation The European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Nathan Bouk,

Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Hsiu-Chuan Chen,

Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Richa Agarwala,

Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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William M. McLaren,

Affiliation The European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Graham R.S. Ritchie,

Affiliation The European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Derek Albracht,

Affiliation The Genome Institute at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Milinn Kremitzki,

Affiliation The Genome Institute at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Susan Rock,

Affiliation The Genome Institute at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Holland Kotkiewicz,

Affiliation The Genome Institute at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Colin Kremitzki,

Affiliation The Genome Institute at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Aye Wollam,

Affiliation The Genome Institute at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Lee Trani,

Affiliation The Genome Institute at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Lucinda Fulton,

Affiliation The Genome Institute at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Robert Fulton,

Affiliation The Genome Institute at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Lucy Matthews,

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Siobhan Whitehead,

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Will Chow,

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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James Torrance,

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Matthew Dunn,

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Glenn Harden,

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Glen Threadgold,

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Jonathan Wood,

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Joanna Collins,

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Paul Heath,

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Guy Griffiths,

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Sarah Pelan,

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Darren Grafham,

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Evan E. Eichler,

Affiliations Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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George Weinstock,

Affiliation The Genome Institute at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Elaine R. Mardis,

Affiliation The Genome Institute at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Richard K. Wilson,

Affiliation The Genome Institute at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Kerstin Howe,

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Paul Flicek,

Affiliation The European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Tim Hubbard

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Modernizing Reference Genome Assemblies

Deanna M. Church,
Valerie A. Schneider,
Tina Graves,
Katherine Auger,
Fiona Cunningham,
Nathan Bouk,
Hsiu-Chuan Chen,
Richa Agarwala,
William M. McLaren,
Graham R.S. Ritchie

Published: July 5, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001091

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