BUSCO version 5.6.1 now out

Posted 15 January 2024
BUSCO version 5.6.1 now out

BUSCO provides measures for quantitative assessment of genome assembly, gene set, and transcriptome completeness. BUSCO v5.6.1 is now out on GitLab! A Conda package and Docker container are also available.

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