Volume 18 Supplement 4

Selected articles from the Fifth IEEE International Conference on Computational Advances in Bio and Medical Sciences (ICCABS 2015): Genomics

Research

Publication of this supplement has not been supported by sponsorship. Information about the source of funding for publication charges can be found in the individual articles. The articles have undergone the journal's standard peer review process for supplements. Alexander Zelikovsky declares that he is a co-author on two papers in the BMC Genomics supplement but was not directly involved in the review process of these papers. The Supplement Editors declare that they have no other competing interests.

Miami, FL, USA15-17 October 2015

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Edited by Ion Mandoiu, Sanguthervar Rajasekaran and Alexander Zelikovsky.

Other articles from the conference have been published as a supplement to BMC Bioinformatics.

GaussianCpG: a Gaussian model for detection of CpG island in human genome sequences

As crucial markers in identifying biological elements and processes in mammalian genomes, CpG islands (CGI) play important roles in DNA methylation, gene regulation, epigenetic inheritance, gene mutation, chro...

Authors: Ning Yu, Xuan Guo, Alexander Zelikovsky and Yi Pan

Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18(Suppl 4):392

Content type: Research Published on: 24 May 2017
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Efficient detection of viral transmissions with Next-Generation Sequencing data

Hepatitis C is a major public health problem in the United States and worldwide. Outbreaks of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections associated with unsafe injection practices, drug diversion, and other exposures ...

Authors: Inna Rytsareva, David S. Campo, Yueli Zheng, Seth Sims, Sharma V. Thankachan, Cansu Tetik, Jain Chirag, Sriram P. Chockalingam, Amanda Sue, Srinivas Aluru and Yury Khudyakov

Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18(Suppl 4):372

Content type: Research Published on: 24 May 2017
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Estimation of the true evolutionary distance under the fragile breakage model

The ability to estimate the evolutionary distance between extant genomes plays a crucial role in many phylogenomic studies. Often such estimation is based on the parsimony assumption, implying that the distanc...

Authors: Nikita Alexeev and Max A. Alekseyev

Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18(Suppl 4):356

Content type: Research Published on: 24 May 2017
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A simple and economical method for improving whole genome alignment

The recent advancement of whole genome alignment software has made it possible to align two genomes very efficiently and with only a small sacrifice in sensitivity. Yet it becomes very slow if the extra sensit...

Authors: Huijun Mai, Tak-Wah Lam and Hing-Fung Ting

Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18(Suppl 4):362

Content type: Research Published on: 24 May 2017
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A scalable and memory-efficient algorithm for de novo transcriptome assembly of non-model organisms

With increased availability of de novo assembly algorithms, it is feasible to study entire transcriptomes of non-model organisms. While algorithms are available that are specifically designed for performing trans...

Authors: Sing-Hoi Sze, Meaghan L. Pimsler, Jeffery K. Tomberlin, Corbin D. Jones and Aaron M. Tarone

Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18(Suppl 4):387

Content type: Research Published on: 24 May 2017
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Statistical analysis of fractionation resistance by functional category and expression

The current literature establishes the importance of gene functional category and expression in promoting or suppressing duplicate gene loss after whole genome doubling in plants, a process known as fractionat...

Authors: Eric C. H. Chen, Annie Morin, Jean-Hugues Chauchat and David Sankoff

Citation: BMC Genomics 2017 18(Suppl 4):366

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Selected articles from the Fifth IEEE International Conference on Computational Advances in Bio and Medical Sciences (ICCABS 2015): Genomics

Research

GaussianCpG: a Gaussian model for detection of CpG island in human genome sequences

Efficient detection of viral transmissions with Next-Generation Sequencing data

Estimation of the true evolutionary distance under the fragile breakage model

A simple and economical method for improving whole genome alignment

A scalable and memory-efficient algorithm for de novo transcriptome assembly of non-model organisms

Statistical analysis of fractionation resistance by functional category and expression

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