ntLink is a lightweight de novo genome assembly scaffolder using long reads and minimizers.

If you use ntLink in your research, please cite:

Coombe L, Li JX, Lo T, Wong J, Nikolic V, Warren RL and Birol I. LongStitch: high-quality genome assembly correction and scaffolding using long reads. BMC Bioinformatics 22, 534 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-021-04451-7

Coombe L, Warren RL, Wong J, Nikolic V and Birol I. ntLink: A toolkit for de novo genome assembly scaffolding and mapping using long reads. Current Protocols 3, e733 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1002/cpz1.733

Current release

Github release page for ntLink: https://github.com/bcgsc/ntLink/releases

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