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. 2021 Jan 15;12:405. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20508-2

Table 1.

O. pumila reference genome assembly statistics at different stages and combinations of scaffolding.

Assembly Number of contigs Number of scaffolds Number of contigs assigned to scaffolds Contig N50 (Mb) Scaffold N50 (Mb) Number of gaps Assembly size (Mb)
PacBioa only (Canu assembly) 243 9.38 449.00
Bionano de novo Optical Map 458 1.68 442.00
PacBio + Opticalb Map 108 45 83 8.21 21.05 117 442.00
PacBio + Hi-Cc 213 34 198 9.39 40.80 96 441.00
PacBio + Hi-C + Optical Mapd 239 26 208 8.21 24.17 91 441.90
PacBio + Optical Map + Hi-Ce 108 13 108 8.21 37.11 85 439.00
PacBio + Optical Map + Hi-C + PbJelly (PacBio) + genome polishing (final O. pumila reference genome) 31 13 (11 Chromosomes + 1 MT + 1 CP) 31 18.49 40.06 21 439.90

O. pumila is a medicinal plant that can produce the anticancer monoterpene indole alkaloid (MIA) camptothecin. Here, the authors report its genome assembly, and propose a working model for MIA evolution and biosynthesis through comparative genomics, synteny, and metabolic gene cluster analyses.

aPacBio refers to contig assembly derived using Pacbio reads only and Canu22 assembler.

bPacbio + Optical Map refers to Pacbio contig-level assembly scaffolded by Bionano de novo assembly.

cPacBio + Hi-C refers to Pacbio contig-level assembly scaffolded by Hi-C library sequencing datasets.

dPacBio + Hi-C + Optical Map refers to Pacbio + Hi-C assembly scaffolded by Bionano de novo assembly.

ePacBio + Optical Map + Hi-C refers to Pacbio + Optical Map assembly scaffolded by Hi-C library sequencing datasets.