Tamock: simulation of habitat-specific benchmark data in metagenomics

Abstract Background Simulated metagenomic reads are widely used to benchmark software and workflows for metagenome interpretation. The results of metagenomic benchmarks depend on the assumptions about their underlying ecosystems. Conclusions from benchmark studies are therefore limited to the ecosys...

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Main Authors: Samuel M. Gerner, Alexandra B. Graf, Thomas Rattei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-021-04154-z