Table 1

Details of cDNA libraries, number of ESTs generated in each wild silkmoth species and results of EST analysis.



Total no. of ESTs
No. of contigs
No. of singletons
No. of unigenes

Antheraea assama
10 libraries
35,722
2,260
5,937
8,197

Tissue type
Developmental stage





Embryo
96 hours after oviposition
11,502



Brain
Fifth instar
5,299



Testis
Fifth instar
4,235



Ovary
Fifth instar
3,891



Fatbody
Fifth instar
2,318



Midgut
Fifth instar
2,439



Posterior silkgland
Fifth instar
2,543



Middle silkgland
Fifth instar
1,031



Epidermis
Fifth instar
1,386



Compound eyes
Fifth instar
1,078




Samia cynthia ricini
3 libraries
19,979
1,593
3,528
5,121

Tissue type
Developmental stage





Embryo
96 hours after oviposition
6,647



Fatbody I
12–24 hours after injection of E. coli into hemocoel of fifth instar larvae
6,681



Fatbody II
12–24 hours after injection of Candida albicans into hemocoel of fifth instar larvae
6,651




Antheraea mylitta
1 library
1,412
166
554
720

Tissue type
Developmental stage





Fatbody
24 hours after injection of E. coli into hemocoel of fifth instar larvae
1,412




Total
14 libraries
57,113
4,019
10,019
14,038

Arunkumar et al. BMC Genomics 2008 9:338   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-9-338