Question: Use whole genome or cDNA sequences for RNAseq alignment
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3.4 years ago by
Canada
dietahanson0 wrote:

Hello, 

  I'm working on my first RNAseq analysis, and I'm unsure of how to proceed with my TopHat2 alignment.  In all the documentation for TopHat2, reference is made to aligning to a genome (which I interpret as "whole genome sequence"), but wouldn't it be faster to align only to the cDNA sequences?  I have both for my organism (Gasterosteus aculeatus) and plan to use TopHat2 in Galaxy.

Thanks for any suggestions,

 

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ADD COMMENTlink modified 3.3 years ago by Jennifer Hillman Jackson25k • written 3.4 years ago by dietahanson0
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3.3 years ago by
United States
Jennifer Hillman Jackson25k wrote:

Hello,

There are many sources that describe the difference between transcriptome and genome RNA-seq analysis, but this course from UC Davis is a great start: http://training.bioinformatics.ucdavis.edu/docs/2013/09/short-course-2013/index.html

If you choose another source, most if not all of the options for this tool set (if given with line-command usage) can be also used with the Galaxy wrapped version of the tool. 

For general help with getting started with Galaxy, please see our wiki. The Support page lists the important resources at the very top: https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Support

Thanks, Jen, Galaxy team

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