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Table 3 Multiple sequence alignment building times

From: DNACLUST: accurate and efficient clustering of phylogenetic marker genes

MSA method

Time (sec.)

Diameter (DNADIST)

ClustalW

1545.5

0.251

ClustalW -quicktree

87.6

0.264

MUSCLE

197.8

0.198

UCLUST

0.1

0.156

DNACLUST

0.8

0.094

  1. Time spent building a Multiple Sequence Alignment of a sample cluster using different tools, and the diameter of the MSA produced, as reported by DNADIST. The diameter is expected to be less that or equal to 0.10.
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BMC Bioinformatics

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