Ten common misconceptions about Galaxy (and why they are wrong!)

Wendi Anne Bacon, Bérénice Batut, Sanjay Kumar Srikakulam, Paul Zierep, Anthony Bretaudeau, Björn Grüning, Gildas Le Corguillé, Helge Hecht, John Y. Davis, Hans-Rudolf Hotz, Beatriz Serrano-Solano

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013869
Published: 2026-02-17
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013869,
  title = {Ten common misconceptions about Galaxy (and why they are wrong!)},
  author = {Wendi Anne Bacon and Bérénice Batut and Sanjay Kumar Srikakulam and Paul Zierep and Anthony Bretaudeau and Björn Grüning and Gildas Le Corguillé and Helge Hecht and John Y. Davis and Hans-Rudolf Hotz and Beatriz Serrano-Solano},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PLOS Computational Biology},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013869},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013869}
}

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AU  - Sanjay Kumar Srikakulam
AU  - Paul Zierep
AU  - Anthony Bretaudeau
AU  - Björn Grüning
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Bacon, W. A., Batut, B., Srikakulam, S. K., Zierep, P., Bretaudeau, A., Grüning, B., Corguillé, G. L., Hecht, H., Davis, J. Y., Hotz, H., & Serrano-Solano, B. (2026). Ten common misconceptions about Galaxy (and why they are wrong!). PLOS Computational Biology. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013869

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