Table 1

Sequence and assembly statistics


Pyrosequencing ESTs
Sanger ESTs
Pyrosequencing + Sanger ESTs
Pyrosequencing assembly
Sanger assembly
Hybrid Assembly

No. sequences
90,664
9,578
90,664 + 9,578 = 100,242
35,507 (11,155 assemblies)
4,689 (1,584 assemblies)
34,495 (10,811 assemblies)
Total bases (bp)
17,315,041
4,811,851
22,126,892
8,274,073
2,796,219
9,552,701
Minimum length (bp)
100
100
100
100
100
100
Average length (bp)
190
502
220
233
596
276
Maximum length (bp)
425
1,002
1,002
1,385
4,283
4,471
%GC
50.3
51.1
50.5
51.3
53.3
51.7
%N
0.04
0
0.03
0.05
0
0.04

Cheung et al. BMC Genomics 2008 9:542   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-9-542