Reproducible, portable, and efficient ancient genome reconstruction with nf-core/eager.

Fellows Yates JA, Lamnidis TC, Borry M, Andrades Valtueña A, Fagernäs Z, Clayton S, Garcia MU, Neukamm J, Peltzer A

PeerJ 9 (-) e10947 [2021-03-16; online 2021-03-16]

The broadening utilisation of ancient DNA to address archaeological, palaeontological, and biological questions is resulting in a rising diversity in the size of laboratories and scale of analyses being performed. In the context of this heterogeneous landscape, we present an advanced, and entirely redesigned and extended version of the EAGER pipeline for the analysis of ancient genomic data. This Nextflow pipeline aims to address three main themes: accessibility and adaptability to different computing configurations, reproducibility to ensure robust analytical standards, and updating the pipeline to the latest routine ancient genomic practices. The new version of EAGER has been developed within the nf-core initiative to ensure high-quality software development and maintenance support; contributing to a long-term life-cycle for the pipeline. nf-core/eager will assist in ensuring that a wider range of ancient DNA analyses can be applied by a diverse range of research groups and fields.

NGI Stockholm (Genomics Applications) [Collaborative]

NGI Stockholm (Genomics Production) [Collaborative]

National Genomics Infrastructure [Collaborative]

PubMed 33777521

DOI 10.7717/peerj.10947

Crossref 10.7717/peerj.10947

pii: 10947
pmc: PMC7977378


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