Reposted by Gu Zhenhao
Check our new @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social preprint on a method for masking low-complexity regions in genome databases, led by Yuchin (Peter) Ge in my lab. Also includes a new release of a very large, pre-masked microbial database: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Improving Metagenomics Classification with Kmask: Entropy-Based Masking of Low-Complexity Regions
Abstract Accurate taxonomic classification in metagenomics is often compromised by low-complexity sequences, which lead to chance matches that in turn cause sequences to be misclassified. Here we pres...