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. 2015 Dec 1;16:259. doi: 10.1186/s13059-015-0831-x

Table 4.

Comparison of contact map formats

Dense format (MB) Sparse symmetric format (MB)
IMR90_CCL186 1 Mbp 27 49
IMR90_CL186 500 kbp 82 181
IMR90_CCL186 150 kbp 822 911
IMR90_CCL186 40 kbp 12,000 1900
IMR90_CL186 20 kbp 45,000 2600
IMR90_CL186 5 kbp 720,000 4200

Disk space for IMR90_CCL186 genome-wide contact maps generated using either the classical dense format or the sparse symmetric format at different resolutions