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ArticleBriefings in bioinformatics2025

A comprehensive benchmark of tools for efficient genomic interval querying.

Richard A Schäfer, Rendong Yang

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Article in Briefings in bioinformatics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Analysis of isoform complexity in pan-transcriptome graphs with atroplex.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Richard A SchäferDepartment of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9938-1920
Rendong YangDepartment of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9512-2240

Funding

Computational approaches to delineate non-canonical splicing eventsR35GM142441 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI YANG, RENDONG · 2021 to 2025
$2.0M
Genome-wide mapping and characterization of exitrons in human cancerR01CA259388 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Rendong Yang · 2022 to 2026
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA259388NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM142441
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Efficiently querying genomic intervals is fundamental to modern bioinformatics, enabling researchers to extract and analyze specific regions from large genomic datasets. While various tools have been developed for this purpose, there lacks a comprehensive comparison of their performance, memory usage, and practical utility. We present a systematic evaluation of genomic interval query tools using simulated datasets of varying sizes. Our benchmarking framework, segmeter, assesses both basic and complex interval queries, examining runtime performance, memory efficiency, and query precision across different tools. This comprehensive analysis provides insights into the strengths and limitations of different approaches to genomic interval querying, offering guidance for tool selection based on specific use cases and data requirements. The segmeter framework and all benchmark data are freely available, facilitating reproducibility and enabling researchers to conduct their own comparative analyses.

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BenchmarkingComputational BiologyGenomicsSoftwareAlgorithmsDatabases, GeneticHumansdatagenomicsintervalquery

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PMID40728859
PMCPMC12306436

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