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. 2017 Aug 26;6(10):1–11. doi: 10.1093/gigascience/gix076

Table 2:

Statistics of genome size estimation by KmerFreq with k = 17, 21, 25, and 27

Genome K-mer length (bp) K-mer numbers K-mer depths Estimated genome size Read numbers Genome coverage
R. delavayi 17 24 427 946 424 35 697 941 326 290 808 886 ×41.8
21 23 264 710 880 33 704 991 238 290 808 886 ×41.25
25 22 101 475 336 31 712 950 817 290 808 886 ×40.79
27 21 519 857 564 30 717 328 585 290 808 886 ×40.54

The genome size was estimated according to the formula Genome size = k-mer_numbers/k-mer_depths.