Light-RCV: a lightweight read coverage viewer for next generation sequencing data

BMC Bioinformatics

Table 2 Memory comparison of NGS viewers.

Size¹	Savant	Tablet	IGV	Light-RCV
1 kb	309.6	(305.7)		44.6
2 kb	301.8	(310.5)		62.3
5 kb	294.9	(310.5)		67.8
10 kb	288.1	(312.5)		71.6
20 kb	282.2	(311.5)	70.0	80.8
50 kb	*	(312.5)	150.0	118.5
.1 Mb	*	(317.4)	*	193.9
.2 Mb	*	(317.4)	*	266.6
.5 Mb	*	(320.3)	*	389.6

The memory unit is megabyte (MB). ¹Size of the genomic region to be visualized. Values in parentheses indicate that the corresponding NGS viewer did not display a base-level read coverage, where Tablet shows summarized profiles in which the read counts of 500 genomic positions are averaged to a value. *The viewer does not show read coverage at these regions.

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