The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom.
Genome Biol Evol. 2021 Sep 1;13(9). doi: 10.1093/gbe/evab183.
The increasing availability of new genome assemblies often comes with a paucity of associated genomic annotations, limiting the range of studies that can be performed. A common workaround is to lift over annotations from better annotated genomes. However, generating the files required to perform a lift over is computationally and labor intensive and only a limited number are currently publicly available. Here we present nf-LO (nextflow-LiftOver), a containerized and scalable Nextflow pipeline that enables lift overs within and between any species for which assemblies are available. nf-LO will consequently facilitate data interpretation across a broad range of genomic studies.
新的基因组组装越来越多,但往往缺乏相关的基因组注释,这限制了可以进行的研究范围。一种常见的解决方法是从注释更好的基因组中转录注释。然而,生成执行转录的文件需要大量的计算和劳动力,目前只有有限数量的文件可供公开使用。在这里,我们介绍了 nf-LO(nextflow-LiftOver),这是一个集装箱化和可扩展的 Nextflow 管道,它可以在任何具有组装的物种内和物种之间进行转录。nf-LO 将因此促进广泛的基因组研究中的数据解释。