Table 3.

Mapping reads from progeny and parent genomes to the reference genome.

Method of Sequencing	Parasite Name	Unique positions mapped3
		Number (bps)	Percentage
Sanger	HB3	21,326,115	91.7
	Dd2	17,226,364	74.0
454-Roche	7C126	21,600,531	92.8
	SC05	21,732,965	93.4

³Given as the percentage of the 3D7 genome coverage

All genomes had comparably similar distribution of the total bases sequenced (approximately 23 Mb) in terms of unique positions, however Dd2 had reads mapping to only 74% of the reference genome reducing the number of positions for screening alleles.