/** Merge the specified seed paths.
 * @return the merged contig paths
 */
static ContigPaths mergeSeedPaths(const Lengths& lengths,
		const ContigPathMap& paths, const ContigPaths& seedPaths)
{
	if (opt::verbose > 0)
		cout << "\nMerging paths\n";

	ContigPaths out;
	out.reserve(seedPaths.size());
	for (ContigPaths::const_iterator it = seedPaths.begin();
			it != seedPaths.end(); ++it)
		out.push_back(mergePath(lengths, paths, *it));
	return out;
}