简介:Withseveralricegenomeprojectsapproachingcompletiongeneprediction/findingbycomputeralgorithmshasbecomeanurgenttask.Twotestsetswereconstructedbymappingthenewlypublished28,469full-lengthKOMEricecDNAtotheRGPBACclonesequencesofOryzasativassp.japonica:asingle-genesetof550sequencesandamulti-genesetof62sequenceswith271genes.Thesedatasetswereusedtoevaluatefiveabinitiogenepredictionprograms:RiceHMM,GlimmerR,GeneMark,FGENSHandBGF.Thepredictionswerecomparedonnucleotide,exonandwholegenestructurelevelsusingcommonlyacceptedmeasuresandseveralnewmeasures.Thetestresultsshowaprogressinperformanceinchronologicalorder.Atthesametimecomplementarityoftheprogramshintsonthepossibilityoffurtherimprovementandonthefeasibilityofreachingbetterperformancebycombiningseveralgene-finders.