Merqury: reference-free quality, completeness, and phasing assessment for genome assemblies

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Year: 2020
Type: article
Volume: 21
Issue: 1
Pages: 245-245
Citations: 2863
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                                    Arang Rhie, 
                                
                                    Brian P. Walenz, 
                                
                                    Sergey Koren
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            Merqury: reference-free quality, completeness, and phasing assessment for genome assemblies. 
                            Genome biology
                            , 21
                            (1)
                            , 245-245.
                            https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-020-02134-9
                        

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DOI: 10.1186/s13059-020-02134-9