<p>Based on the numbers shown above the plot, and the appearance of the curve, this looks like reads from a diploid genome approximately 113Mb in length that was sequenced at around 174X coverage.</p>

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2023-10-05T19:57:19.880Z
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<p>I am working on a new sponge genome and I have produced the genomescope plot from the 21-mer kmer frequencies. I have hard time interpreting the plot. Can someone please help me?
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2023-10-06T00:16:46.457Z
Hi @MudithEkanayake IMO the question has been answered. Please ask via comments if you're not clear about the answer. Do remember to upvote/accept when you're happy with the answer.
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How to interpret a GenomeScope plot?
# How to interpret a GenomeScope plot?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-10-04)

I am working on a new sponge genome and I have produced the genomescope plot from the 21-mer kmer frequencies. I have hard time interpreting the plot. Can someone please help me?
Thank you.[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/uiiC2.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/uiiC2.png)

**Tags:** ngs, genome, sequence-annotation, illumina, genome-sequencing
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Hi @MudithEkanayake IMO the question has been answered. Please ask via comments if you're not clear about the answer. Do remember to upvote/accept when you're happy with the answer.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2023-10-05. Score: 1

Based on the numbers shown above the plot, and the appearance of the curve, this looks like reads from a diploid genome approximately 113Mb in length that was sequenced at around 174X coverage.


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