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Title: Ensamblaje de novo y anotación génica del genoma de Leishmania major mediante secuenciación masiva
Author: González de la Fuente, Sandra
Tutor: Ylla Bou, Guillem
Others: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Merino, David  
Abstract: Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania. Leishmania major is the most common form of leishmaniasis and is associated with cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Old World and it is the most frequent form of leishmaniasis. Obtaining a reliable genomic sequence is essential for molecular studies leading to the development of leishmaniasis control strategies. Although the genome of L. major is found assembled in 36 chromosomes in the databases, recently published data showed the existence of errors, due to collapses caused by the existence of repetitive genomic regions. The main purpose of this work was to generate an improved genome assembly of L. major, sequencing the genome with PacBio and Illumina technology and using diverse assembly strategies: non-hybrid and hybrid assemblies (combining both types of reads). The non-hybrid assemblies with PacBio reads showed the best results. However, Illumina reads have been essential for extend ends of chromosomes and correct homopolymer regions, where PacBio has been found to have limitations.
Keywords: de novo assembly
Leishmania
NGS
Document type: info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
Issue Date: 4-Jun-2018
Publication license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/  
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