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ZINBA integrates local covariates with DNA-seq data to identify broad and narrow regions of enrichment, even within amplified genomic regions
Naim U Rashid, Paul G Giresi, Joseph G Ibrahim, Wei Sun, Jason D Lieb Genome Biology 2011, 12:R67 (25 July 2011)
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ZINBA is a method for analyzing peaks in next generation sequencing datasets such as ChIP-seq or DNase-seq
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Composition of the adult digestive tract bacterial microbiome based on seven mouth surfaces, tonsils, throat and stool samples
Nicola Segata, Susan Haake, Peter Mannon, Katherine P Lemon, Levi Waldron, Dirk Gevers, Curtis Huttenhower, Jacques Izard Genome Biology 2012, 13:R42 (14 June 2012)
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The Human Microbiome Project's analysis of ten sites in the digestive tract of healthy human adults
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From RNA-seq reads to differential expression results
Alicia Oshlack, Mark D Robinson, Matthew D Young Genome Biology 2010, 11:220 (22 December 2010)
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Many methods and tools are available for preprocessing high-throughput RNA sequencing data and detecting differential expression.
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ggbio: an R package for extending the grammar of graphics for genomic data
Tengfei Yin, Dianne Cook, Michael Lawrence Genome Biology 2012, 13:R77 (31 August 2012)
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A consistent, robust and versatile software tool for visualizing genomic data
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Sequestration: inadvertently killing biomedical research to score political points
Jeffrey T Leek, Steven L Salzberg Genome Biology 2013, 14:109 (27 March 2013)
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Steven Salzberg and Jeff Leek are concerned about the Sequester's impact on biomedical research, and argue for a change in policy direction
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Aging effects on DNA methylation modules in human brain and blood tissue
Steve Horvath, Yafeng Zhang, Peter Langfelder, René S Kahn, Marco PM Boks, Kristel van Eijk, Leonard H van den Berg, Roel A Ophoff Genome Biology 2012, 13:R97 (3 October 2012)
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An age-related co-methylation module in human brain and blood tissue includes genes associated with Alzheimer's disease
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RNA sequencing reveals sexually dimorphic gene expression before gonadal differentiation in chicken embryos and allows comprehensive annotation of W-chromosome genes
Katie L Ayers, Nadia M Davidson, Diana Demiyah, Kelly N Roeszler, Frank Grutzner, Andrew H Sinclair, Alicia Oshlack, Craig A Smith Genome Biology 2013, 14:R26 (25 March 2013)
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A transcriptomic analysis of the chicken female-specific W sex chromosome sheds light on avian sex differentiation
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The GENCODE pseudogene resource
Baikang Pei, Cristina Sisu, Adam Frankish, Cédric Howald, Lukas Habegger, Xinmeng Mu, Rachel Harte, Suganthi Balasubramanian, Andrea Tanzer, Mark Diekhans, Alexandre Reymond, Tim J Hubbard, Jennifer Harrow, Mark B Gerstein Genome Biology 2012, 13:R51 (5 September 2012)
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The GENCODE pseudogene resource includes evidence for dead genes undergoing resurrection
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A metagenomic study of diet-dependent interaction between gut microbiota and host in infants reveals differences in immune response
Scott Schwartz, Iddo Friedberg, Ivan V Ivanov, Laurie A Davidson, Jennifer S Goldsby, David B Dahl, Damir Herman, Mei Wang, Sharon M Donovan, Robert S Chapkin Genome Biology 2012, 13:r32 (30 April 2012)
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A novel host-microbiome analysis method reveals a transcriptional immune response in the breast-fed infant gut associated with diet-specific microbiota
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Toward almost closed genomes with GapFiller
Marten Boetzer, Walter Pirovano Genome Biology 2012, 13:R56 (25 June 2012)
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GapFiller is a method for automatically filling gaps in short read genome assemblies using the existing sequencing data
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The draft genome and transcriptome of Cannabis sativa
Harm van Bakel, Jake M Stout, Atina G Cote, Carling M Tallon, Andrew G Sharpe, Timothy R Hughes, Jonathan E Page Genome Biology 2011, 12:R102 (20 October 2011)
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The genome and transcriptome of marijuana, and comparative analysis with resequenced hemp, explains the genetic basis of psychoactivity
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Efficient and robust RNA-seq process for cultured bacteria and complex community transcriptomes
Georgia Giannoukos, Dawn M Ciulla, Katherine Huang, Brian J Haas, Jacques Izard, Joshua Z Levin, Jonathan Livny, Ashlee M Earl, Dirk Gevers, Doyle V Ward, Chad Nusbaum, Bruce W Birren, Andreas Gnirke Genome Biology 2012, 13:r23 (28 March 2012)
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A method is presented for transcriptome sequencing of complex bacterial mixtures or communities
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A gene expression profile of stem cell pluripotentiality and differentiation is conserved across diverse solid and hematopoietic cancers
Nathan P Palmer, Patrick R Schmid, Bonnie Berger, Isaac S Kohane Genome Biology 2012, 13:R71 (21 August 2012)
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A comprehensive in silico analysis of mRNA expression profiles in human stem cells, cancers and normal tissues
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Quartz-Seq: a highly reproducible and sensitive single-cell RNA-Seq reveals non-genetic gene expression heterogeneity
Yohei Sasagawa, Itoshi Nikaido, Tetsutaro Hayashi, Hiroki Danno, Kenichiro D Uno, Takeshi Imai, Hiroki R Ueda Genome Biology 2013, 14:R31 (17 April 2013)
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Quartz-Seq is a method for performing single cell RNA-seq which displays high reproducibility
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Modeling gene expression using chromatin features in various cellular contexts
Xianjun Dong, Melissa C Greven, Anshul Kundaje, Sarah Djebali, James B Brown, Chao Cheng, Thomas R Gingeras, Mark Gerstein, Roderic Guigó, Ewan Birney, Zhiping Weng Genome Biology 2012, 13:R53 (5 September 2012)
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Models for linking gene expression with chromatin features vary according to cellular context and RNA measurement method
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Specific nuclear envelope transmembrane proteins can promote the location of chromosomes to and from the nuclear periphery
Nikolaj Zuleger, Shelagh Boyle, David A Kelly, Jose I de las Heras, Vassiliki Lazou, Nadia Korfali, Dzmitry G Batrakou, K Natalie Randles, Glenn E Morris, David J Harrison, Wendy A Bickmore, Eric C Schirmer Genome Biology 2013, 14:R14 (15 February 2013)
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A new study identifies nuclear envelope proteins which may reposition human chromosomes in a tissue-specific manner
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Ray Meta: scalable de novo metagenome assembly and profiling
Sébastien Boisvert, Frédéric Raymond, Élénie Godzaridis, François Laviolette, Jacques Corbeil Genome Biology 2012, 13:R122 (22 December 2012)
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A scalable, de novo metagenomic assembly method that couples taxonomic and ontology profiling
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A genome-wide genetic signature of Jewish ancestry perfectly separates individuals with and without full Jewish ancestry in a large random sample of European Americans
Anna C Need, Dalia Kasperavičiūtė, Elizabeth T Cirulli, David B Goldstein Genome Biology 2009, 10:R7 (22 January 2009)
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A principal components analysis of genomic information showed that individuals with full Jewish ancestry formed a clearly distinct cluster from those individuals with no Jewish ancestry.
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High levels of RNA-editing site conservation amongst 15 laboratory mouse strains
Petr Danecek, Christoffer Nellåker, Rebecca E McIntyre, Jorge E Buendia-Buendia, Suzannah Bumpstead, Chris P Ponting, Jonathan Flint, Richard Durbin, Thomas M Keane, David J Adams Genome Biology 2012, 13:r26 (23 April 2012)
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An extensive, genome-wide analysis of RNA editing in the brain transcriptomes of 15 mouse strains
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Current challenges in de novo plant genome sequencing and assembly
Michael C Schatz, Jan Witkowski, W Richard McCombie Genome Biology 2012, 13:243 (27 April 2012)
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Michael Schatz and colleagues assess challenges in de novo plant genome assembly and review the best practices for the plant community
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Assessing telomeric DNA content in pediatric cancers using whole-genome sequencing data
Matthew Parker, Xiang Chen, Armita Bahrami, James Dalton, Michael Rusch, Gang Wu, John Easton, Nai-Kong Cheung, Michael Dyer, Elaine R Mardis, Richard K Wilson, Charles Mullighan, Richard Gilbertson, Suzanne J Baker, Gerard Zambetti, David W Ellison, James R Downing, Jinghui Zhang, the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project Genome Biology 2012, 13:R113 (11 December 2012)
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A comprehensive analysis of telomere length changes in a large collection of pediatric tumors
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Mammalian tissues defective in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay display highly aberrant splicing patterns
Joachim Weischenfeldt, Johannes Waage, Geng Tian, Jing Zhao, Inge Damgaard, Janus Jakobsen, Karsten Kristiansen, Anders Krogh, Jun Wang, Bo T Porse Genome Biology 2012, 13:R35 (24 May 2012)
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An extensive in vivo analysis of how nonsense mediated mRNA decay regulates alternative splicing in two mouse tissues
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How to evaluate a graduate studentship, or choosing the right doctoral advisor
Duncan T Odom Genome Biology 2013, 14:114 (29 April 2013)
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Duncan Odom has some sage advice for those considering PhD options
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The western painted turtle genome, a model for the evolution of extreme physiological adaptations in a slowly evolving lineage
John Abramyan, Daleen Badenhorst, Kyle K Biggar, Glen M Borchert, Christopher W Botka, Rachel M Bowden, Edward L Braun, Anne M Bronikowski, Benoit G Bruneau, Leslie T Buck, Blanche Capel, Todd A Castoe, Mike Czerwinski, Kim D Delehaunty, Scott V Edwards, Catrina C Fronick, Matthew K Fujita, Lucinda Fulton, Tina A Graves, Richard E Green, Wilfried Haerty, Ramkumar Hariharan, LaDeana H Hillier, Alisha K Holloway, Daniel Janes, Fredric J Janzen, Cyriac Kandoth, Lesheng Kong, Jason de Koning, Yang Li et al.
Genome Biology 2013, 14:R28 (28 March 2013)
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The genome of the western painted turtle, Chrysemys picta bellii, reveals insights into its extreme tolerance to anoxia and freezing
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Organellar proteomics reveals hundreds of novel nuclear proteins in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
Sophie C Oehring, Ben J Woodcroft, Suzette Moes, Johanna Wetzel, Olivier Dietz, Andreas Pulfer, Chaitali Dekiwadia, Pascal Maeser, Christian Flueck, Kathrin Witmer, Nicolas MB Brancucci, Igor Niederwieser, Paul Jenoe, Stuart A Ralph, Till S Voss Genome Biology 2012, 13:R108 (26 November 2012)
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A proteomic study of the nuclear proteome of Plasmodium falciparum reveals novel nuclear proteins
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