HawkEye

HawkEye identifies and prioritizes mis-assemblies in genome assemblies using interactive visual analytics to support assembly validation.

Key Features:

• Interactive Visualization: Multi-scale visual analytics for exploring genome assemblies and highlighting structural discrepancies.
• Comprehensive Analysis: Reports summary statistics and assembly metrics for assessment of assembly quality and integrity.
• Error Identification and Correction: Algorithmic ranking that highlights and prioritizes likely mis-assemblies to guide error detection and correction.

Scientific Applications:

• Genetic research: Enables identification and correction of assembly errors to improve sequence accuracy for genetic studies.
• Evolutionary biology studies: Improves assembly accuracy used in comparative and evolutionary analyses.
• Medical genomics: Aids validation of assemblies used in medical and clinical genomics applications.

Methodology:

Combines visual analytics with algorithmic ranking to identify and prioritize potential assembly errors.