WebQUAST

WebQUAST evaluates and compares genome assemblies using QUAST algorithms for comprehensive assembly quality assessment.

Key Features:

• Multifaceted Quality Assessment: Evaluates multiple aspects of genome assembly quality to provide a holistic analysis.
• Versatile Evaluation Scenarios: Supports evaluation of assemblies from unknown species, model organisms, and close variants.
• Reference-Based and Reference-Free Analysis: Performs evaluations against user-provided or pre-loaded reference genomes and in a reference-free mode.
• Unlimited Assembly Handling: Processes an unlimited number of genome assemblies for large-scale comparisons.
• Integration with QUAST: Leverages algorithms from QUAST to compute assembly quality metrics and comparisons.

Scientific Applications:

• Assembly selection for downstream analyses: Enables selection of optimal genome assemblies for downstream genomic analyses by comparing quality metrics.
• Applications across basic and applied genomics: Supports diverse evaluation scenarios relevant to both basic research and applied genomics.

Methodology:

Integrates QUAST algorithms to assess assemblies and performs both reference-based (user-provided or pre-loaded reference genomes) and reference-free evaluations.