title: Current challenges in de novo plant genome sequencing and assembly.
abstract: Genome sequencing is now affordable, but assembling plant genomes de novo remains challenging. We assess the state of the art of assembly and review the best practices for the community.
authors.affiliation: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA. mschatz@cshl.edu
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Schatz
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Witkowski
authors.forename: W Richard
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: McCombie
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D032461:Chromosomes, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D018745:Genome, Plant; D015698:Genomic Library; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant