Table 7. Comparison of performance of five approaches for generating our mitogenome sequence data from eight samples of Seychelles caecilians.

Approximate relative ‘values’ depicted are * = low, ** = moderate, *** = high.

Method	Sequencing	Sample preparation time	Sample preparation cost	Sequencing running time	Sequencing cost	Mitogenome reconstruction time	Total time expenditure
Traditional	Sanger	***	**	*	*	***	***
Shotgun	Illumina MiSeq	*	*	**	**	*	*
Multiplex	Illumina HiSeq	***	**	***	***	***	**
Multiplex	Roche 454	***	**	**	**	**	**
Multiplex	Ion Torrent	***	**	*	*	**	**