From 7361823d6c1a94d497d80b98202b24c075435e87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Calvin Morrison Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 13:52:21 -0400 Subject: add description blurb, this closes #16 --- README.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 45fd3d9..f6eecf7 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,13 @@ SelectiveGenomeAmplification ============================ +SWGA is a tool for choosing primers for the selective amplification of a +target genome from a sample containing a mixture of target and contaminating +DNA (i.e. pathogen genome from infected host blood) [cite relevant paper]. It +does so by identifying short, recurring motifs in a target sequence file and +scoring sets of motifs based on selectivity for and even distribution in the +target sequence against a background sequence file. + PI: http://brisson.bio.upenn.edu/ ## Table of Contents -- cgit v1.2.3