Table 1. Summary statistics for the Illumina Velvet and Velvet-Columbus assemblies, and the 454 Newbler assembly.
| Parameters | Illumina+Velveta | Illumina+Columbusa | Newbler+454b |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE-scaffolds/contigs (# >500 bp) | 11 622 | 10 499 | 17 963 |
| N50 (kb, >500 bp) | 7.7 | 35.2 | 1.8 |
| Summed length (Mb) | 48 | 58 | 27 |
| Average length (kb) | 3.8 | 5.6 | 1.5 |
| Longest PE-scaffold/contig (kb) | 114 | 1910 | 90 |
Abbreviation: PE, paired-end.
a
Illumina contigs are scaffolded using paired-end information into supercontigs (PE-scaffolds), and contain Ns.
b
454 contigs were ordered (but not joined) into 2046 scaffolds using mate-pair reads.