Percentage of unique sub-sequences (U) for varying read length (l), the solid line shows uniqueness in the whole human genome, the dashed line shows uniqueness in human chromosome 1

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<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "An analysis of the feasibility of short read sequencing"</p><p>Nucleic Acids Research 2005;33(19):e171-e171.</p><p>Published online 7 Nov 2005</p><p>PMCID:PMC1278949.</p><p>© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved</p> (a) Percentage of unique sub-sequences (U) for varying read length (l), the solid line shows uniqueness in the whole human genome, the dashed line shows uniqueness in human chromosome 1. (b) Percentage of human chromosome 1 covered by contigs greater than a threshold length as a function of read length. The horizontal axis starts at 18 nt, due to the limitations of reassembly below this length