Table 1.
Comparison of the four tools on three datasets: S. aureus, human chromosome 14 and whole human genome for NA12878, whose draft genomes have 23, 3934, and 220,318 gaps respectively
| Species | Gap Num. | Methods | Gaps fully closed |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. aureus | 23 | GAPPadder | 9 |
| GapCloser | 2 | ||
| GapFiller | 1 | ||
| Sealer | 2 | ||
| H. chrom 14 | 3934 | GAPPadder | 1670 |
| GapCloser | 1184 | ||
| GapFiller | 732 | ||
| Sealer | 559 | ||
| NA12878 | 220,318 | GAPPadder | 130,371 |
| GapCloser | Out of memory | ||
| GapFiller | Not finished (After 725 hrs) | ||
| Sealer | 110,876 |
Overall, GAPPadder closes more gaps than the other three tools on the these datasets