TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lunter, Gerton
A1  - Goodson, Martin
T1  - Stampy: A statistical algorithm for sensitive and fast mapping of Illumina sequence reads
Y1  - 2011/06/01 
JF  - Genome Research 
JO  - Genome Research 
SP  - 936 
EP  - 939 
DO  - 10.1101/gr.111120.110 
VL  - 21 
IS  - 6 
UR  - http://genome.cshlp.org/content/21/6/936.abstract 
N2  - High-volume sequencing of DNA and RNA is now within reach of any research laboratory and is quickly becoming established as a key research tool. In many workflows, each of the short sequences (“reads”) resulting from a sequencing run are first “mapped” (aligned) to a reference sequence to infer the read from which the genomic location derived, a challenging task because of the high data volumes and often large genomes. Existing read mapping software excel in either speed (e.g., BWA, Bowtie, ELAND) or sensitivity (e.g., Novoalign), but not in both. In addition, performance often deteriorates in the presence of sequence variation, particularly so for short insertions and deletions (indels). Here, we present a read mapper, Stampy, which uses a hybrid mapping algorithm and a detailed statistical model to achieve both speed and sensitivity, particularly when reads include sequence variation. This results in a higher useable sequence yield and improved accuracy compared to that of existing software. 
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