Answers.Body: <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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Body: <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?
  Thank you.<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/uiiC2.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/uiiC2.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  
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Comments.Text: 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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Tags: <ngs><genome><sequence-annotation><illumina><genome-sequencing>
Title: How to interpret a GenomeScope plot?
ThreadText: # 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 @username_0 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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  ### 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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