Versatile and open software for comparing large genomes

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2004-01-30Author
Kurtz, Stefan
Phillippy, Adam
Delcher, Arthur L.
Smoot, Michael
Shumway, Martin
Antonescu, Corina
Salzberg, Steven L.
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Versatile and open software for comparing large genomes. S. Kurtz, A. Phillippy, A.L. Delcher, M. Smoot, M. Shumway, C. Antonescu, and S.L. Salzberg. Genome Biology 5:R12 (2004), http://genomebiology.com/2004/5/2/R12.
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The newest version of MUMmer easily handles comparisons of large eukaryotic genomes at varying
evolutionary distances, as demonstrated by applications to multiple genomes. Two new graphical
viewing tools provide alternative ways to analyze genome alignments. The new system is the first
version of MUMmer to be released as open-source software. This allows other developers to
contribute to the code base and freely redistribute the code. The MUMmer sources are available
at http://www.tigr.org/software/mummer.