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Table 4 Number of insertions detected by Jitterbug, MELT and PoPoolationTE2 using a validated human dataset

From: A benchmark of transposon insertion detection tools using real data

Tool

Homozygous

Heterozygous

Total

Validated insertions

46

102

148

PoPoolationTE2

44 (95,7%)

90 (88,2)

134 (90,5%)

Jitterbug

22 (47,8%)

52 (51,0%)

74 (50,0%)

Teflon a

MELT

45 (97,8%)

84 (82,4%)

129 (87,2%)

Combination

45 (97,8%)

94 (92,2%)

139 (93,9%)

  1. a Teflon was killed after 5 days running with 12 CPU and 300GB of RAM
  2. Total number of insertions detected: PoPoolationTE2 (ref and non-ref) = 186,038; Jitterbug (non-ref) = 624; MELT (non-ref) =1297