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Paired-End Mappability Of Transposable Elements In The Human Genome, Corinne E. Sexton, Mira V. Han
Paired-End Mappability Of Transposable Elements In The Human Genome, Corinne E. Sexton, Mira V. Han
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Though transposable elements make up around half of the human genome, the repetitive nature of their sequences makes it difficult to accurately align conventional sequencing reads. However, in light of new advances in sequencing technology, such as increased read length and paired-end libraries, these repetitive regions are now becoming easier to align to. This study investigates the mappability of transposable elements with 50 bp, 76 bp and 100 bp paired-end read libraries. With respect to those read lengths and allowing for 3 mismatches during alignment, over 68, 85, and 88% of all transposable elements in the RepeatMasker database are uniquely …