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Optimizing and benchmarking de novo transcriptome sequencing: from library preparation to assembly evaluation

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Genomics, November 2015
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Title
Optimizing and benchmarking de novo transcriptome sequencing: from library preparation to assembly evaluation
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BMC Genomics, November 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12864-015-2007-1
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Yuichiro Hara, Kaori Tatsumi, Michio Yoshida, Eriko Kajikawa, Hiroshi Kiyonari, Shigehiro Kuraku

Abstract

RNA-seq enables gene expression profiling in selected spatiotemporal windows and yields massive sequence information with relatively low cost and time investment, even for non-model species. However, there remains a large room for optimizing its workflow, in order to take full advantage of continuously developing sequencing capacity. Transcriptome sequencing for three embryonic stages of Madagascar ground gecko (Paroedura picta) was performed with the Illumina platform. The output reads were assembled de novo for reconstructing transcript sequences. In order to evaluate the completeness of transcriptome assemblies, we prepared a reference gene set consisting of vertebrate one-to-one orthologs. To take advantage of increased read length of >150 nt, we demonstrated shortened RNA fragmentation time, which resulted in a dramatic shift of insert size distribution. To evaluate products of multiple de novo assembly runs incorporating reads with different RNA sources, read lengths, and insert sizes, we introduce a new reference gene set, core vertebrate genes (CVG), consisting of 233 genes that are shared as one-to-one orthologs by all vertebrate genomes examined (29 species)., The completeness assessment performed by the computational pipelines CEGMA and BUSCO referring to CVG, demonstrated higher accuracy and resolution than with the gene set previously established for this purpose. As a result of the assessment with CVG, we have derived the most comprehensive transcript sequence set of the Madagascar ground gecko by means of assembling individual libraries followed by clustering the assembled sequences based on their overall similarities. Our results provide several insights into optimizing de novo RNA-seq workflow, including the coordination between library insert size and read length, which manifested in improved connectivity of assemblies. The approach and assembly assessment with CVG demonstrated here would be applicable to transcriptome analysis of other species as well as whole genome analyses.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 2 2%
Portugal 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Norway 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Czechia 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Ukraine 1 <1%
Argentina 1 <1%
Other 1 <1%
Unknown 118 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 34 26%
Student > Ph. D. Student 32 25%
Student > Master 23 18%
Student > Bachelor 10 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 7%
Other 14 11%
Unknown 7 5%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 67 52%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 30 23%
Computer Science 7 5%
Environmental Science 3 2%
Engineering 3 2%
Other 8 6%
Unknown 11 9%
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