Table 3.

Assembly statistics for initial drafts and assisted assemblies for a selection of 2× mammal assemblies

	Four projects from Mammal24 - 2× assemblies
	Otolemur garnetti (bushbaby)		Loxodonta africana (African elephant)		Oryctolagus cuniculus (rabbit)		Cavia porcellus (guinea pig)
	Initial	Assisted*	Initial	Assisted*	Initial	Assisted*	Initial	Assisted*
Bases assembled (%)	76.1	85.7	77.5	84.2	80.1	85.3	75.6	82.4
Total contig length (Mb)	1,672	1,905	2,089	2,314	1,925	2,080	1,658	1,853
N50 contig (kb)	2.6	2.9	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.9	2.5	2.6
N50 scaffold gapped (kb)	13.6	71.6	11.8	37.0	13.3	53.9	11.0	44.5
N50 scaffold ungapped (kb)	9.1	37.6	8.4	15.9	9.5	20.1	7.6	12.2

*All assemblies were assisted against two references, Homo sapiens and C. familiaris.