Table 1.

Feature comparison between MSR and other currently available DNA sequencing software.

Feature/software	MSR	Indelligent	ShiftDetector	CHILD	PolyScan
Directly reads trace files (abi format)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Maps sequence to reference database	Yes	No	No	No	No
Detects indels	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Decomposes 2 mixed sequences from a single trace	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Estimates the ratio of 2 mixed sequences in one trace	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Accepts NGS data	No	No	No	No	Yes