Fig. 3.

Validation of KOMB on simulated data. KOMB profiles on a random backbone with 200$\times$400 bp and 400$\times$200 bp identical repeats when randomly inserted (L), inserted at different ends (M), and inserted in the same end (R). The x-axis represents the shell number and the y-axis represents number of nodes (unitigs). In the ideal case (M) where the unitigs have the same repeats at its end we observe peaks at 201 and 401 respectively. Interleaving repeats randomly (L) causes a shift in the peaks towards higher shells to 326 and 449, respectively. Further, inserting both kinds of repeats at the same end (R) results in a similar shift with peaks occurring at 329 and 451.