The RIPper, a web-based tool for genome-wide quantification of Repeat-Induced Point (RIP) mutations

Background The RIPper ( http://theripper.hawk.rocks ) is a set of web-based tools designed for analyses of Repeat-Induced Point (RIP) mutations in the genome sequences of Ascomycota. The RIP pathway is a fungal genome defense mechanism that is aimed at identifying repeated and duplicated motifs, into which it then introduces cytosine to thymine transition mutations. RIP thus serves to deactivate and counteract the deleterious consequences of...