Tool to estimate genome-size from fastq reads. Uses the KMC tool for k-mer counting.
./gess.py fastq_file
GPL 2.0
Torsten Seemann, Anna Syme, GitHub link, 2017 [Move to TS GitHub]
Kokot M, Dlugosz M, Deorowicz S. KMC 3: counting and manipulating k -mer statistics. Bioinformatics, 2017; Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btx304
KMC website: http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/REFRESH/index.php?page=projects&project=kmc&subpage=about