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Lecture 04
De novo genome assembly

Date: Sep 5, 2024

This lecture aims to provide a thorough understanding of de novo assembly techniques, their applications, and their crucial role in advancing genomic research.

Learning objectives

What you should be able to do after today's lecture:

  1. Explain the fundamental challenge of reconstructing a complete genome.
  2. Describe and apply the principles of the greedy algorithm.
  3. Understand and construct de Bruijn graphs.

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