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Table 2 Properties of the k-mer index for different values of k

From: Fast lightweight accurate xenograft sorting

k-mers

\(k=23\)

(%)

\(k=25\)

(%)

\(k=27\)

(%)

Total

4,396,323,491

(100)

4,496,607,845

(100)

4,576,953,994

(100)

Host

1,924,087,512

(43.8)

2,050,845,757

(45.6)

2,105,520,461

(46.0)

Graft

2,173,923,063

(49.4)

2,323,880,612

(51.7)

2,395,147,724

(52.3)

Both

18,701,862

(0.4)

12,579,160

(0.3)

9,627,252

(0.2)

Weak host

132,469,231

(3.0)

52,063,110

(1.2)

32,445,717

(0.7)

Weak graft

147,141,823

(3.4)

57,239,206

(1.3)

34,212,840

(0.7)

  1. Underlying reference sequences are given in “Reference sequences” section