Bioinformatics Advance Access originally published online on July 1, 2009
Bioinformatics 2009 25(18):2436-2437; doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btp412
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HI: haplotype improver using paired-end short reads
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambs, CB10 1SA, UK
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Summary: We present a program to improve haplotype reconstruction by incorporating information from paired-end reads, and demonstrate its utility on simulated data. We find that given a fixed coverage, longer reads (implying fewer of them) are preferable.
Availability: The executable and user manual can be freely downloaded from ftp://ftp.sanger.ac.uk/pub/zn1/HI.
Contact: ql2{at}sanger.ac.uk
Associate Editor: Alfonso Valencia
Received on April 27, 2009; revised on June 25, 2009; accepted on June 25, 2009