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Table 2 Unsupervised separation of subgenomes from polyploid plants using PolyCRACKER’s differential k-mer analysis

From: PolyCRACKER, a robust method for the unsupervised partitioning of polyploid subgenomes by signatures of repetitive DNA evolution

Species

Fragment length

k-mer length

Genome Size

Cohen’s Kappa (only unambiguous)

Cohen’s Kappa (including ambiguous)

Sequence in agreement / total sequence

N. tabacum (including unanchored sequences)

100 kb

26

3.8 Gb

0.999

0.984

0.992

N. tabacum (only anchored sequences)

250 kb

26

2.9 Gb

0.998

0.985

0.865

N. tabacum (only anchored sequences), repeat elements

250 kb

n/a

2.9 Gb

0.995

0.87

0.795

Triticum aestivum

250 kb

26

15.3 Gb

0.993

0.993

0.997