BUSCO - from QC to gene prediction and phylogenomics

This session is part of Biodiversity Genomics Academy 2023

Session Leader(s)

Robert Waterhouse
Director, Environmental Bioinformatics Group SIB
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

Website: www.rmwaterhouse.org
Twitter: rmwaterhouse
Mastodon: @rmwaterhouse

Description

By the end of this session you will be able to:

1. Understand the main uses of BUSCO in genomics
2. Understand how BUSCO operates behind the scenes
3. Run example assessments of genomic data with BUSCO
4. Navigate your way around the main BUSCO outputs

Prerequisites

1. Understanding of linux command line basics
2. Understanding of basic concepts of orthology and homology
3. Understanding of main metrics used to evaluate genomics data quality
4. Understanding of basic concepts of phylogenomics

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