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March 28, 2012
The emergence of next-generation sequencing platforms has made low-cost sequencing an attractive approach for de novo assembly of genomes and transcriptomes. The two most widely used next-generation platforms for de novo assembly are the Illumina and Roche 454, and each system has particular strengths and weaknesses.
The Illumina generates short reads (100 bp) while the Roche 454 FLX+ produces...