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Detection of Pathogenic Mutations From Exome Sequencing Data

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dc.date.accessioned 2013-05-29T18:11:07Z und
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-24T12:24:37Z
dc.date.available 2013-05-29T18:11:07Z und
dc.date.available 2017-10-24T12:24:37Z
dc.date.issued 2013-05-29T18:11:07Z
dc.identifier.uri http://radr.hulib.helsinki.fi/handle/10138.1/2752 und
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10138.1/2752
dc.title Detection of Pathogenic Mutations From Exome Sequencing Data en
ethesis.department.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/225405e8-3362-4197-a7fd-6e7b79e52d14
ethesis.department Institutionen för datavetenskap sv
ethesis.department Department of Computer Science en
ethesis.department Tietojenkäsittelytieteen laitos fi
ethesis.faculty Matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten sv
ethesis.faculty Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta fi
ethesis.faculty Faculty of Science en
ethesis.faculty.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/8d59209f-6614-4edd-9744-1ebdaf1d13ca
ethesis.university.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/50ae46d8-7ba9-4821-877c-c994c78b0d97
ethesis.university Helsingfors universitet sv
ethesis.university University of Helsinki en
ethesis.university Helsingin yliopisto fi
dct.creator Katainen, Riku
dct.issued 2013
dct.language.ISO639-2 eng
dct.abstract After the Human Genome Project completed the mapping of human DNA sequence in 2001, a new era began in biological and medical research. The genetic basis of various diseases, such as cancer, could be studied with higher precision than ever before. The map of human genome enabled next-generation sequencing (NGS) techniques and not only DNA sequencing got faster and cheaper to perform, also the amount of data started to increase exponentially. The field of bioinformatics, which combines both computer and life sciences, got a great challenge to handle all the data available and to dig out relevant information out of it. Various tools with heavily enhanced or completely new kinds of algorithms were developed for the demanding task of the analysis of NGS data, which are in the focus of this thesis. For the search of cancer causing mutations, NGS methods enable genome scale studies with the precision of a single molecule. However, the spectacular scale and preciseness of the data offer another challenge – how to distinguish trivial data from the non-trivial, and furthermore, how to separate reliable data from erroneous. The raw data must be put through a pipeline of various processing tools, which organize and humanize the data with the help of the map of human genome. After data processing, the data is feasible for the actual cancer specific analysis, where causative mutations can be hunted down. For this purpose, I have developed an analysis and visualization software, Rikurator, which provides various features and tools to handle the NGS data. Rikurator is designed for comparative analysis of dozens of cancer samples, quality filtering, controlling and visualization to name a few. In addition to tools in data processing pipeline, this thesis will describe features and implementation of Rikurator. en
dct.language en
ethesis.language.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/languages/eng
ethesis.language English en
ethesis.language englanti fi
ethesis.language engelska sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu-avhandlingar sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu -tutkielmat fi
ethesis.thesistype master's thesis en
ethesis.thesistype.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/thesistypes/mastersthesis
ethesis.degreeprogram Bioinformatics en
dct.identifier.urn URN:NBN:fi-fe2017112252497
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