Author Correction: X-Mapper: fast and accurate sequence alignment via gapped x-mers

Correction: Genome Biol 26, 15 (2025)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-024-03473-7

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors identified that one of the headings in the results section is incorrect.

The incorrect heading is: Alignment accuracy of X‑Mapper in samples with various ties

The correct heading is: Alignment accuracy of X‑Mapper in samples with various complexities

The original article [1] has been updated.

1. Gaston JM, Alm EJ, Zhang AN. X-Mapper: fast and accurate sequence alignment via gapped x-mers. Genome Biol. 2025;26:15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-024-03473-7.

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1. Jeffry M. Gaston and An-Ni Zhang contributed equally to this work.

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   Jeffry M. Gaston

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3. School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

   Jeffry M. Gaston & An-Ni Zhang

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Gaston, J.M., Alm, E.J. & Zhang, AN. Author Correction: X-Mapper: fast and accurate sequence alignment via gapped x-mers. Genome Biol 26, 16 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-025-03481-1

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