Contents 1 Velvet Assembly 2 How to Launch Velvet Workflow 2.1 Velvet Parameters 2.1.1 Run name 2.1.2 Hash length 2.1.3 Minimum coverage 2.1.4 Maximum coverage 2.1.5 Minimum contig length 2.2 View the results 2.2.1 Statistics 2.2.2 Assembled Sequences 2.2.2.1 Browse contigs 2.2.2.2 Download Contigs (fasta) 3 Other related workflows

Velvet Assembly

The Velvet Assembler can be used to assemble sequencing reads of a variety of lengths and particularly useful for short read sequences.

How to Launch Velvet Workflow

On your My GenomeQuest page,

1. open the workflows node to the left,
2. click on Velvet and
3. click on Launch New.

Velvet Parameters

Run name

You need to name your run with an appropriate name. The default will be "Velvet DATE", where DATE is today's date.

Hash length

Minimum coverage

Maximum coverage

Minimum contig length

View the results

Statistics

Assembled Sequences

Browse contigs

Download Contigs (fasta)

Click this link to download the contigs in Fasta format.

Other related workflows

• Newbler is an assembler from Roche / 454 specially for assembling long reads.