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. 2023 Dec 18;11:e16515. doi: 10.7717/peerj.16515

Table 1. Long-read genome sequence alignment tools.

The tools included in the study are highlighted in this study. Further tools from Long-read-tools.org are available in S1.

Tool Year PMID DOI Inclusion If no, why?
BLASR 2012 22988817 10.1186/1471-2105-13-238 No Designed only for SMRT seq
BWA-MEM 2011 NA arXiv:1303.3997 No Superseded by Minimap2
GraphMap 2016 27079541 10.1038/ncomms11307 No Superseded by GraphMap2
GraphMap2 2019 NA 10.1101/720458 Yes  
Kart 2019 31057068 10.1142/S0219720019500082 No Designed only for SMRT, SBS
LAMSA 2016 27667793 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw594 No Depreciated dependencies resulting in seg fault
LAST 2011 21209072 10.1101/gr.113985.110 No Not parameterized for the nuances of current platforms
lordFAST 2018 30561550 10.1093/bioinformatics/bty544 No Runs resulted in partial completion and a seg fault
LRA 2021 34153026 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009078 Yes  
Mashmap2 2017 30423094 10.1093/bioinformatics/bty597 No Does not use SAM format needed for variant caller
MECAT 2017 28945707 10.1038/nmeth.4432 No Superseded by Mecat2
MECAT2 2017 28945707 10.1038/nmeth.4432 No Designed only for SMRT seq
Meta-aligner 2017 28231760 10.1186/s12859-017-1518-y No Designed only for SMRT seq
Minimap2 2018 29750242 10.1093/bioinformatics/bty191 Yes  
NGMLR 2018 29713083 10.1038/s41592-018-0001-7 Yes  
rHAT 2015 26568628 10.1093/bioinformatics/btv662 No Designed only for SMRT seq
S-ConLSH 2021 33573603 10.1186/s12859-020-03918-3 No Designed only for SMRT seq
smsMap 2020 32753028 10.1186/s12859-020-03698-w No Does not use SAM format needed for variant caller
Winnowmap 2020 32657365 10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa435 No Superseded by Winnowmap2
Winnowmap2 2022 35365778 10.1101/2020.11.01.363887 Yes  
YAHA 2012 22829624 10.1093/bioinformatics/bts456 No Not parameterized for the nuances of current platforms