Robert C. Edgar

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:field computational biology
bioinformatics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert C. Edgar
gptkbp:knownFor development of the MUSCLE sequence alignment tool
development of the UPARSE algorithm
development of the USEARCH software
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork MUSCLE: multiple sequence alignment with high accuracy and high throughput
UPARSE: highly accurate OTU sequences from microbial amplicon reads
Search and clustering orders of magnitude faster than BLAST
gptkbp:occupation biologist
bioinformatician
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Nucleic_Acids_Research
gptkb:Bioinformatics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:MUSCLE
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7