Shimmer 0.2 – Detection of genetic Alterations in Tumors using Next-generation Sequence data

Shimmer 0.2

:: DESCRIPTION

Shimmer is a software package for the characterization of genetic differences between two very similar samples, e.g., a tumor sample and its matched normal tissue sample.

::DEVELOPER

NHGRI (the National Human Genome Research Institute)

:: SCREENSHOTS

N/A

:: REQUIREMENTS

  • Linux
  • samtools
  • R package

:: DOWNLOAD

 Shimmer

:: MORE INFORMATION

Citation:

Bioinformatics. 2013 Jun 15;29(12):1498-503. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btt183. Epub 2013 Apr 24.
Shimmer: detection of genetic alterations in tumors using next-generation sequence data.
Hansen NF, Gartner JJ, Mei L, Samuels Y, Mullikin JC.