Table 9 Comparison of PCR validation results across three MEI detection algorithms
From: Tangram: a comprehensive toolbox for mobile element insertion detection
| Â | Tangram | RetroSeq | VariationHunter | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Random | Novel | Combined | Random | Novel | Combined | Random | Novel | Combined |
Analyzed by PCR | 80 | 78 | 158 | 80 | 80 | 159 | 83 | 51 | 134 |
Validated Loci | 77 | 69 | 142 | 73 | 58 | 131 | 69 | 29 | 98 |
Invalidated Loci | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 14 | 22 | 36 |
FDR | 2.53% | 9.21% | 5.96% | 8.75% | 26.58% | 17.61% | 16.87% | 43.14% | 26.86% |