Table 1.
Statistics for the bitter gourd genome assembly and annotation
| Assembly | Dali-11 (M. charantia) | TR (Momordica sp.) | OHB3-1 (M. charantia) | Cucumber (C. sativus) | Watermelon (C. lanatus) | Melon (C. melo) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated genome size (Mb) | 300 | 301 | 339 | 367 | 425 | 450 |
| Sequence depth (×) | 251.0 | 185.0 | 110.0 | 72.2 | 108.6 | 13.5 |
| Assembled genome size (Mb) | 293.6 | 296.3 | 285.5 | 243.5 | 353.5 | 375.0 |
| Anchored scaffolds (Mb) | 251.3 | – | 172.0 | 177.3 | 330.0 | 316.3 |
| Sequences anchored on chromosomes (%) | 85.5% | – | 60.2% | 72.8% | 93.5% | 87.5% |
| N50 of scaffolds (Mb) | 3.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 4.7 |
| N50 of contigs (Kb) | 62.6 | 16.1 | – | 19.8 | 26.4 | 18.2 |
| GC content (%) | 35.4 | 35.1 | 36.4 | 32.2 | 32.8 | 33.2 |
| Repeat rate (%) | 41.5 | 39.9 | 34.7 | 20.8 | 39.8 | 35.4 |
| LTR rate (%) | 31.8 | 33.1 | 27.4 | 11.5 | 30.5 | 25.0 |
| Number of gene models | 26,427 | 28,827 | 45,859 | 26,682 | 23,440 | 27,427 |
Note: The M. charantia OHB3-1 scaffolds were anchored to pseudochromosomes according to a previous report15. Excluding 26 chimeric scaffolds, 229 out of 255 scaffolds were anchored