oushujun / LTR_retriever

LTR_retriever is a highly accurate and sensitive program for identification of LTR retrotransposons; The LTR Assembly Index (LAI) is also included in this package.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5813529/
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Does the software work in animal genomes? #73

Closed zhangleigloria closed 4 years ago

zhangleigloria commented 4 years ago

Hello,does the software work in animal genomes?

oushujun commented 4 years ago

LTR_retriever works in animal genomes. LAI also works if the genome has ≥5% total LTR sequences and ≥0.1% intact LTR sequences.

Shujun