J. Blazewicz, M. Kasprzak, M. Kierzynka, W. Frohmberg, A. Swiercz, P. Wojciechowski, P. Zurkowski
"Graph algorithms for DNA sequencing - origins, current models and the future" 
European Journal of Operational Research
 
264 (2018) 799-812.  
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Abstract:
With the ubiquitous presence of next-generation sequencing in modern 
biological, genetic, pharmaceutical and medical research, not everyone pays 
attention to the underlying computational methods. Even fewer researchers 
know what were the origins of the current models for DNA assembly. We present 
original graph models used in DNA sequencing by hybridization, discuss their 
properties and connections between them. We also explain how these graph 
models evolved to adapt to the characteristics of next-generation sequencing. 
Moreover, we present a practical comparison of state-of-the-art DNA de novo 
assembly tools representing these transformed models, i.e. overlap and 
decomposition-based graphs. Even though the competition is tough, some 
assemblers perform better and certainly large differences may be observed 
in hardware resources utilization. Finally, we outline the most important 
trends in the sequencing field, and try to predict their impact on the 
computational models in the future.
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