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MEGI: a comprehensive annotation dataset of mobile elements for genomic island detection

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 62172369, 62302456), and the Special Support Plan for High Level Talents in Zhejiang Province (2021R52019).

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    Ye Qian, Hu Chen & Qi Dai

  2. College of Computer Sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China

    Yuni Zeng

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Qian, Y., Chen, H., Zeng, Y. et al. MEGI: a comprehensive annotation dataset of mobile elements for genomic island detection. Front. Comput. Sci. 19, 197914 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11704-024-40759-2

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