Table 1. Datasets D1∼D8 for assemblies.

Datasets	D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	D8
Organism	E.coli K12 MG1655				S.pombe 972 h-		Human chr14
Ref. size	4.64 Mbp				12.59 Mbp		88.29 Mbp
Data type	simulated	simulated	simulated	real	simulated	real	simulated	real
Read length	100 bp	100 bp	100 bp	100 bp	100 bp	100 bp	100 bp	101 bp
#Reads (million)	2×1.16	2×1.4	2×2.3	2×14.2	2×3.1	2×3.3	2×22.1	2×16.3
Cov. depth	50×	60×	100×	600×	50×	52×	50×	40×
Insert size (bp)	370±56	370±58	366±59	215±11	370±57	380±82	366±49	158±17

The RefSeq for E.coli K12 MG 1655 is NC_000913.2; the RefSeq for S.pombe 972 h- are NC_003424.3, NC_003423.3, NC_003421.2, NC_001326.1; the refSeq for human chromosome 14 is NT_026437.12.