abyss

Summary

Software Description

ABySS is a de novo, parallel, paired-end genomic sequence assembler that is designed for short reads. The single-processor version is useful for assembling genomes up to 100 Mbases in size. The parallel version is implemented using MPI and is capable of assembling larger genomes. To assemble transcriptome data, consider the related program trans-abyss. Homepage: http://www.bcgsc.ca/platform/bioinfo/software/abyss

General Linux

To load this module for use in a Linux environment, you can run the command:

module load abyss

Depending on where you are working, there may be more than one version of abyss available. To see which modules are available for loading you can run:

module avail abyss