Taming the reference genome jungle: the refget sequence collection standard.

Campbell DR Jr, Cezard T, Gundersen S, Yates AD, Davies RM, Marshall J, Park SH, Wagner AH, Love MI, Thomas R, Hofmann O, Sheffield NC

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DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btag554
Published: 2026 Oct 2
Container: Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
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@article{allodium:10.1093/bioinformatics/btag554,
  title = {Taming the reference genome jungle: the refget sequence collection standard.},
  author = {Campbell DR Jr and Cezard T and Gundersen S and Yates AD and Davies RM and Marshall J and Park SH and Wagner AH and Love MI and Thomas R and Hofmann O and Sheffield NC},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)},
  doi = {10.1093/bioinformatics/btag554},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btag554}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Taming the reference genome jungle: the refget sequence collection standard.
AU  - Campbell DR Jr
AU  - Cezard T
AU  - Gundersen S
AU  - Yates AD
AU  - Davies RM
AU  - Marshall J
AU  - Park SH
AU  - Wagner AH
AU  - Love MI
AU  - Thomas R
AU  - Hofmann O
AU  - Sheffield NC
PY  - 2026
JO  - Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
DO  - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btag554
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Jr, C. D., T, C., S, G., AD, Y., RM, D., J, M., SH, P., AH, W., MI, L., R, T., O, H., & NC, S. (2026). Taming the reference genome jungle: the refget sequence collection standard.. Bioinformatics (Oxford, England). https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btag554

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