Table 2.

Simulation Default Parameters

35-nucleotide overlap required for sequence  joining
10-fold genome coverage
400-nucleotide read lengths
15% variation in insert sizes
10,000-nucleotide average size for long inserts
700-nucleotide average size for short inserts
1:1 ratio of long to short inserts
100 kb spacing between STSs
300-nucleotide STS length
20% of genome comprised of SINEs with  300-nucleotide lengths
5% of genome comprised of LINEs with  1500-nucleotide lengths
4:1 ratio of SINEs to LINEs