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This research examines the effectiveness of various bioinformatic tools in detecting defective viral genomes in RNA sequencing data.

November 17, 2025Journal of General VirologyOpen Access

Defective but promising: evaluating the utility of currently available bioinformatic pipelines for detecting defective viral genomes in RNA-Seq data

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ATAnthony C. Taylor CRCristina Rosa MAMarco Archetti

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Meta-analysis assessed bioinformatic pipelines for identifying defective viral genomes in RNA sequencing, suggesting mixed outcomes for tool reliability.

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This research examines the effectiveness of various bioinformatic tools in detecting defective viral genomes in RNA sequencing data.
Conducted meta-analysis of eight RNA sequencing datasets
Evaluated five bioinformatic programs for junction identification
Compared overlap of outputs and identified junctions between programs.
Identified low agreement on junctions between bioinformatic programs
Most detected junctions correlated with large deletions
Found initial support for the prevalence hypothesis regarding defective viral genomes.

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Taylor et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/692509e8c0ce034ddc352631 https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.002176

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Meta-analysis assessed bioinformatic pipelines for identifying defective viral genomes in RNA sequencing, suggesting mixed outcomes for tool reliability.

Defective but promising: evaluating the utility of currently available bioinformatic pipelines for detecting defective viral genomes in RNA-Seq data

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Defective but promising: evaluating the utility of currently available bioinformatic pipelines for detecting defective viral genomes in RNA-Seq data

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