Table 1.

Sample information, assembly and annotation for five sesame varieties

Categories	Zhongzhi13	Yuzhi11	Swetha	Baizhima	Mishuozhima
Location	Hubei, China	Henan, China	New Delhi, India	Hainan, China	Zhejiang, China
Assembly type	Chromosome	Scaffold	Scaffold	Contig	Contig
Total length (bp)	272 734 981	210 758 237	340 463 922	266 768 502	253 855 660
Original
Contig N50 (bp)	53 067	17 903	8725	47 354	47 930
Scaffold N50 (bp)	20 257 639	324 903	22 222	47 354	47 930
Improved scaffold N50 (bp)	–	12 372 216	23 861 055	16 359 355	16 328 919
Predicted gene numbers	40 219	29 601	49 428	37 083	36 410
Refined gene numbers	36 189	26 022	41 859	31 558	30 995