We can approximate effective genome size for various read lengths using the khmer program and `unique-kmers.py`. This will estimate the number of unique kmers (for a specified length kmer) which can be used to infer the total uniquely mappable genome. (I.e it doesn't include highly repetitive regions). https://khmer.readthedocs.io/en/v2.1.1/user/scripts.html
preseq
This was a suggestion of deepTools: https://deeptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/content/feature/effectiveGenomeSize.html
Install khmer program:
```{bash eval=FALSE}
pip3 install khmer
```
### 5. deepTools
Run `unique-kmers.py` on dunnart genome for read length of 150bp: