Table 4. Transcriptome comparison of three sturgeon species.
| Species | Platform | Tissue source | Clean reads | Contig | Singleton | Unigene |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. sinensis | Illumina | Testis | 47,333,701 | 12,802,085 | 86,027 | |
| Ovary | 47,229,705 | |||||
| A. naccarii | 454 | Testis+ brain | 153,215 | 42,193 | 13,089 | |
| Ovary+brain | 175,198 | |||||
| A.fulvescens | 454 | Testis | 134,278 | 12,791 | 99,713 | |
| Ovary | 69,366 | 32,629 b | 154,724 | |||
| Heterogametic a | 269,913 |
a Female gonad with heterogametic sex
b Contigs for female assembly with combined reads of the ovary and the female gonad with heterogametic sex