Table 3.
General characteristics of cDNA libraries from salivary glands of Amblyomma cajennense produced in different conditions
| Library | Tick life stage | Host | No. of sequences | Average size of sequencea | Number of Contigs | Total yield in MBb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBEST_019946c | Adult fed females | Rabbits | 1,769 | 472 | 1,234 | 0.79 |
| LIBEST_USP-RPd,e | Adult fed females | Horses | 1,147 | 493 | 505 | 0.57 |
| RNA-seq (454)f | Adult fed females | Rabbits | 180,857 | 384 | 4,604 | 69.4 |
asize in bases; bsize in mega (106) bases; cdescribed by Batista et al.[58]; dproduced by Anatriello et al. [96] and described herein; efor details see Additional file 4: AF4. fShown values were calculated considering the two Roche 454 libraries described herein (for details regarding contigs see Additional file 3: AF3).