The development of next-generation sequencing platforms increased substantially the capacity of data generation. In addition, in the past years, the costs for whole genome sequencing have been reduced that made it easier to access this technology. As a result, the storage and analysis of the data generated became a challenge, ushering in the development of bioinformatic tools, such as programs and programming languages, able to store, process, and analyze this huge amount of information. In this article, we present MELC genomics, a framework for genome assembly in a simple and fast workflow.
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