Deblur Rapidly Resolves Single-Nucleotide Community Sequence Patterns

Abstract

Deblur provides a rapid and sensitive means to assess ecological patterns driven by differentiation of closely related taxa. This algorithm provides a solution to the problem of identifying real ecological differences between taxa whose amplicons differ by a single base pair, is applicable in an automated fashion to large-scale sequencing data sets, and can integrate sequencing runs collected over time.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Apr 21, 2017
Source ID
10.1128/msystems.00191-16

Entities

People

  • Amnon Amir
  • Antonio González
  • Daniel McDonald
  • Embriette R. Hyde
  • Eric P. Kightley
  • Evguenia Kopylova
  • James T. Morton
  • Jose A. Navas-molina
  • Luke R Thompson
  • Rob Knight
  • Zhenjiang Zech Xu

Organizations

  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • Broad Institute
  • Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
  • Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America
  • Kenneth Rainin Foundation
  • Laureate Institute for Brain Research
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  • National Science Foundation
  • Office of Naval Research
  • United States Department of Justice
  • United States – Israel Binational Science Foundation
  • University of California, San Diego
  • University of California, San Francisco
  • University of Colorado Boulder
  • Washington University in St. Louis

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Environmental science

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