Table 2.

The mean (and SD) of raw, quality control (QC) passed paired sequences and concordant of paired alignment rate of RNA sequencing reads in each data set

Breed	Tissue	Raw reads	Reads passing QC (Paired)	Paired aligned	Concordance
Angus	Muscle	17,906,533 (4,372,921)	6,366,128 (1,866,319)	5,796,348 (1,710,722)	90% (2%)
Angus	Liver	13,616,027 (7,751,116)	5,437,947 (3,065,337)	4,478,339 (2,739,338)	77 (8%)
Holstein	Liver	34,964,230 (7,205,821)	14,764,421 (3,385,481)	13,701,770 (3,052,165)	92% (1%)
Holstein	Blood	40,042,855 (6,307,797)	16,246,344 (2,841,461)	14,710,129 (2,543,539)	89 (1%)