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

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