Table 1.

An alignment comparison of the genome-based and de novo assembly strategies for the T. gondii transcriptome

Query	Strategy	Transcripts	AVG length (bp)	Reference genes detected
				Shared	Unique
Bradyzoite	Genome-based	11,725	3411.79	6598	399
	De novo	32,769	680.71		812
Tachyzoite	Genome-based	12,393	3716.96	5603	506
	De novo	38,849	717.33		1514