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HERRO

Deep-learning error correction of nanopore simplex reads that enables telomere-to-telomere phased assemblies.

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CategorySequencing & variant calling
GitHublbcb-sci/herro
First public2024-05-18 (source)
Paperhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10563-y · Nature (2026)
LicenseOxford Nanopore Public License 1.0
PricingOpen source
Tags#error-correction#nanopore#assembly
Last checked2026-10-16

Specs

Sequencing platformOxford Nanopore
TaskRead error correction for T2T assembly
Variant types—
GitHub stars265
Interface—

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