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    • Bioinformatics
    • Computational Biology

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    • High-throughput sequencing generates vast amounts of genomic data.
    • Clustering analysis is crucial for interpreting large-scale sequence datasets.
    • Existing comparisons of clustering methods are limited, focusing only on alignment-based approaches and supervised metrics.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To provide a comprehensive benchmark of sequence clustering algorithms.
    • To evaluate both alignment-based and alignment-free methods.
    • To assess clustering performance using diverse evaluation metrics, including unsupervised measures.

    Main Methods:

    • Benchmarking of classical and recent alignment-based clustering algorithms (e.g., CD-HIT, MMseq2).
    • Inclusion and comparison of alignment-free methods (e.g., LZW-Kernel, Mash).
    • Application of both supervised and unsupervised metrics for evaluating clustering results.

    Main Results:

    • Comprehensive performance evaluation of various sequence clustering algorithms.
    • Identification of strengths and weaknesses of different methods under various metrics.
    • Data-driven insights into algorithm suitability for different genomic data types.

    Conclusions:

    • Informs biological analyzers on selecting appropriate sequence clustering tools.
    • Highlights the need for robust evaluation metrics, including unsupervised approaches.
    • Motivates the development of more efficient and accurate sequence clustering algorithms.