Table 2:

Basic stats comparison of R9 and R9.4 reads after processing.

	R9	R9.4
Total raw data	17 038 (100%)	39 216 (100%)
Reads >1.5 kb	12 278 (72%)	33 764 (86%)
Read length distribution	25th percentile = 2847 nt, median = 3303 nt; 75th percentile = 3754	25th percentile = 3730 nt, median = 3976 nt; 75th percentile = 4135 nt
Reads aligned (bc1 + bc8)	3227 (19%)	14 392 (43%)
Alignment identity distribution	25th percentile = 66.5%, median = 69%; 75th percentile = 73%	25th percentile = 81%, median = 85%; 75th percentile = 87%
Maximum identity	86.7%	92%