Table 1.
Percentage of highly mappable bases in the genomes of several model species
| Species (build) | Size | Paired/Single | Whole (%) | Transcribed (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yeast (sc2) | 12 Mbp | Paired | 94.85 | 95.04 |
| Single | 94.25 | 94.62 | ||
| Fly (dm3) | 130 Mbp | Paired | 90.52 | 96.14 |
| Single | 89.70 | 95.94 | ||
| Mouse (mm9) | 2.7 Gbp | Paired | 89.39 | 96.03 |
| Single | 87.47 | 94.75 | ||
| Human (hg19) | 3.0 Gbp | Paired | 89.02 | 97.40 |
| Single | 87.79 | 96.38 |
Approximately 90% of these genome can be mapped reliably. Coverage is 100-fold for all experiments, using Illumina-like read characteristics: 2% error rate, 100 bp reads. Paired-end reads are sampled from a 300 bp library.