Table 2

Accuracy of initial and assisted assemblies, estimated using the Assembly proximity test*

1 kb

2 kb

6 kb

10 kb

20 kb

60 kb

100 kb

Initial draft

97.9%

97.5%

97.4%

97.1%

96.2%

95.3%

94.4%

Assisted

98.2%

98.1%

98.1%

98.0%

98.0%

97.9%

97.9%

*Random paired k-mers were selected from the 2× canine assemblies and then matched against the high quality draft assembly. The table shows the success rate for various values of d (the distance between the pairs).

Gnerre et al. Genome Biology 2009 10:R88   doi:10.1186/gb-2009-10-8-r88