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Jabba: hybrid error correction for long sequencing reads.

Giles Miclotte¹, Mahdi Heydari¹, Piet Demeester¹

¹Department of Information Technology, Ghent University - iMinds, Ghent, Belgium ; Bioinformatics Institute Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.

Algorithms for Molecular Biology : AMB

|May 6, 2016

Summary

Jabba, a novel hybrid method, corrects long, error-prone third-generation sequencing reads using a corrected de Bruijn graph. This approach offers fast and reliable read correction, improving data quality for genomic analysis.

Keywords:

Error correction Maximal exact matches Sequence analysis de Bruijn graph

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Area of Science:

Genomics
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology

Background:

Third-generation sequencing offers longer reads but suffers from higher error rates compared to second-generation technologies.
Existing error correction methods for long reads often have limitations in efficiency and optimal data utilization.
Hybrid approaches, assembling second-generation data into de Bruijn graphs for long read alignment, show promise.

Purpose of the Study:

To present Jabba, a hybrid method for correcting erroneous long reads from third-generation sequencing platforms.
To evaluate the efficiency and reliability of Jabba compared to existing methods.
To explore the theoretical aspects of using maximal exact matches (MEMs) for read correction.

Main Methods:

Jabba employs a hybrid strategy, constructing a corrected de Bruijn graph from second-generation sequencing data.
It utilizes a pseudo-alignment approach with a seed-and-extend methodology, using maximal exact matches (MEMs) as seeds.
Long reads are mapped onto the corrected de Bruijn graph for error correction.

Main Results:

Jabba generates highly reliable corrected long reads with near-perfect alignment identity to reference sequences.
A significant portion of the corrected reads are error-free.
The method achieves high-quality read correction with minimal CPU time.

Conclusions:

Pseudo-alignment using MEMs is an effective and rapid strategy for mapping long, erroneous sequences onto de Bruijn graphs.
Jabba provides a fast and reliable solution for generating high-quality long reads from third-generation sequencing data.
The method demonstrates significant improvements in read accuracy and computational efficiency.