Table 1.
Assembly statistics of the maize B73 RefGen_v4 genome
| Number of contigs (scaffolds) | Mean length (Mb) | N50 size (Mb) | Maximum length (Mb) | Total assembly length (Mb) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original optical maps | 1,342 | 1.57 | 2.47 | 12.43 | 2,107 |
| Original contigs from sequence assembly | 3,303 | 0.64 | 1.04 | 5.65 | 2,105 |
| Curated optical maps | 1,356 | 1.56 | 2.47 | 12.47 | 2,114 |
| Curated contigs from sequence assembly | 2,958 | 0.71 | 1.18 | 7.26 | 2,104 |
| Optical maps in hybrid scaffolds | 1,287 | 1.62 | 2.49 | 12.47 | 2,080 |
| Contigs in hybrid scaffolds | 2,696 | 0.77 | 1.19 | 7.26 | 2,075 |
| Hybrid scaffolds | 356 | 5.97 | 9.73 | 38.53 | 2,075 |
| Hybrid scaffolds and non-scaffolded contigs | 625 | 3.45 | 9.56 | 38.53 | 2,105 |