Fast genome and metagenome distance estimation using MinHash

Preprint

“Fast genome and metagenome distance estimation using MinHash.” Ondov et al.

• Supporting Data
  • Supplementary Files from the Paper

Downloads

• Version 1.0 (Linux/OSX binaries and source)

Documentation

• Tutorials
  • Simple distance estimation
  • Saving time by sketching first
  • Pairwise comparisons with compound sketch files
  • Querying read sets against an existing RefSeq sketch
• Sketches
  • Reduced representations with MinHash tables
  • Strand-independence with canonical k-mers
  • Cleaning up read sets with Bloom filtering
  • Working with sketch files