n turn led to the necessity of assemblers to be optimised for sequences from whole-genome <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_sequencing" title="Shotgun sequencing">shotgun sequencing</a> projects where the reads</p>
<ul>
<li>are about 800–900 bases long</li>
<li>contain sequencing artifacts like sequencing and <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloning_vectors" title="Cloning vectors" class="mw-redirect">cloning vectors</a></li>
<li>have error rates between 0.5 and 10%</li>
</ul>
<p>With the Sanger te