DNA Lossless Compression Algorithms: Review
Nour S. Bakr, Amr A. Sharawi · American Journal of Bioinformatics Research · 2013
Modern DNA sequencing instruments are able to generate huge amounts of genomic data. Those huge volumes of data require effective storage, fast transmission, provision of quick access to any record, and superior functionality. Data storage costs have an appreciable proportion of total cost in the creation and analysis of DNA sequences. In particular, the increase in the DNA sequences is highly manageable due to a tremendous increase in the disk storage capacity. Standard compression techniques failed to compress these sequences. Recently, new algorithms have been introduced specifically for this purpose. In this paper, we comparatively survey the main ideas and results of lossless compression algorithms that have been developed for DNA sequences.