Table 2.

Summary statistics of the Sanger-based assembly, 454-pyrosequencing assembly and a combination assembly of both datasets

	Combination assembly	Sanger assembly	454 assembly
Total sequences	521 M bases	74 M bases	447 M bases
Total no. of ESTs	1,380,311	258,973	1,290,292
No. of unique sequences	422,889	90,019	376,238
No. of sequences assembled	1,119,240 (81%, Ave = 394 bp)	209,565 (81%)	1,065,901 (83%, Ave = 374 bp)
No. of sequences unassembled	261,071 (Ave = 417 bp)	49,408	224,391 (Ave = 345 bp)
Total no. of contigs	161,818 (Ave = 758 bp)	40,320 (Ave = 999 bp)	151,847(Ave = 662 bp)
Total no. of large contigs (>500 bp)	101,464	78,572	84,810