The Assembly of Sequencing Data

Abstract

Genome science has progressed greatly in recent years and its potential applications caused scientists to believe that biology will be the foremost science of the twenty-first century. The outcome of genome research projects has a major impact on the life sciences. Being able to gain genome sequences can be helpful for other analyses, such as the detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and comparative genomic research. There are many potential applications for genome research, including molecular medicine, risk assessment, bioarchaeology, anthropology, evolution and human migration, DNA forensics, and agriculture, livestock breeding, and bioprocessing. These applications will not be successfully processed until we are able to sequence genomes within a reasonable amount of time and cost. Personalized medicine is a promising area that is defined as being based on having individual genomes at hand; it is also a big potential market if we look at sequence assembly from this perspective.