Table 1.

Sequencing and assembly statistics for Miscanthus sinensis and M. sacchariflorus ESTs

	M. sinensis		M. sacchariflorus
	Leaf	Rhizome	Leaf	Rhizome
Read No.	457,891	512,950	288,806	267,952
Total read length (bp)	140,496,482	155,223,677	96,218,568	89,406,409
Average read length (bp)	307	303	333	333
Contig No	12,166	13,170	8,732	8,104
Contig length (bp)	11,802,712	12,154,482	8,670,971	7,832,874
Average length of contig (bp)	970	923	993	967
Contig range (bp)	84-5,164	100-6,590	125-6,402	123-6,230
> = 1 kb	4,280 (35.2%)	4,149 (31.5%)	3,079 (35.3%)	2,782 (34.3%)
> = 200 bp	12,144 (99.8%)	13,146 (99.8%)	8,721 (99.9%)	8,095 (99.9%)
Singleton No.	89,648	112,138	66,881	63,212
Singleton length (bp)	25,195,941	31,614,461	20,040,968	19,174,280