Table 2

Identification and removal of tandemly misassembled alleles

Predicted contig overlap (n = 1,496)

Predicted gap of length zero (n = 12,434)

Predicted gap of length one or more (n = 16,747)

No estimate: rearranged contigs or adjacent supercontigs (n = 4,124)

Tandem instances

395 (26%)

581 (5%)

148 (1%)

436 (11%)

Total sequence removed (kb)

1994

888

412

904

Median length (kb)

3.5

0.8

1.4

0.7

Mean length (kb)

5.0

1.6

2.8

2.0

kb, kilobases.

Small et al. Genome Biology 2007 8:R41   doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-3-r41