Manual versus automatic annotation of transposable elements: case studies in Drosophila melanogaster and Aedes albopictus, balancing accuracy and biological relevance
Tomás Carrasco-Valenzuela, Alba Marino, Jessica M. Storer…·Anna-Sophie Fiston-Lavier
This study compares manual and automated methods for transposable element annotation in Drosophila melanogaster and Aedes albopictus, finding that automated methods identify more TEs but manual curation provides more detailed classifications.