Description

Simulation tool to generate synthetic Illumina next-generation sequencing reads

Input

name:type
description
pattern

meta:map

Groovy Map containing sample information e.g. [ id:‘test’ ]

fasta:file

FASTA file of input DNA/RNA reference

*.{fasta,fa}

sequencing_system:string

The name of Illumina sequencing system of the built-in profile used for simulation

fold_coverage:integer

The fold of read coverage to be simulated or number of reads/read pairs generated for each amplicon

read_length:integer

The length of reads to be simulated

Output

name:type
description
pattern

fastq

meta:map

Groovy Map containing sample information e.g. [ id:‘test’, single_end

]

*.fq.gz:file

Simulated reads

*.fq.gz

aln

meta:map

Groovy Map containing sample information e.g. [ id:‘test’, single_end

]

*.aln:file

OPTIONAL Alignment file of the simulated reads. Enabled by default, to disable, use -na/—noALN.

*.aln

sam

meta:map

Groovy Map containing sample information e.g. [ id:‘test’, single_end

]

*.sam:file

OPTIONAL Alignment file in SAM format of the simulated reads. Enabled with -sam/—samout.

*.sam

versions

versions.yml:file

File containing software versions

versions.yml

Tools

art
GPL version 3 license

ART is a set of simulation tools to generate synthetic next-generation sequencing reads. ART simulates sequencing reads by mimicking real sequencing process with empirical error models or quality profiles summarized from large recalibrated sequencing data. ART can also simulate reads using user own read error model or quality profiles.