Quantitive benchmarking of different sequencing methods and protocol changes. Identification of repeat sequences in during assembly. More accurate consensus sequences. Drastically lower false positive error rates in mutation detection. Better Sequence Assemblies Phrap , a leading program for DNA sequence assembly, was developed by Dr. Phil Green and is copyrighted by the University of Washington.
Accurate consensus sequences.
Consensus quality estimates. This often allows scientists to ignore random errors, and to focus finishing efforts exclusively onto regions where the data quality is insufficient. Ability to assemble very large projects. Improved identification and handling of repeats . Identification of potential repeat sequences in assemblies.