  Assessing the correctness of genome assemblies is an important step in any
genome project. Several methods exist, but most are computationally intensive
and, in some cases, inappropriate. Here I present baa.pl, a fast and
easy-to-use program that uses transcript data to evaluate genomic assemblies.
Through simulations using human chromosome 22, I show that baa.pl excels at
detecting levels of missing sequence and contiguity. The program is freely
available at: https://github.com/josephryan/baa.pl
