Table 1 Assembly statistics for maize, horse, panda, blue-stain fungus (G. clavigera) and P. syringae genomes and their cost
From: Assembling genomes using short-read sequencing technology
B73 maize | Domestic horse* | Giant panda† | G. clavigera † | P. syringae † | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genome length | 2.3 Gb | 2.5-2.7 Gb | 2.4-2.5 Gb | 32.5 Mb | 6.1 Mb |
Sequencing technology/ies | Sanger | Sanger | Illumina | Sanger, 454, Illumina | Illumina |
Number of contigs | 125,325 | 55,316 | 198,274 | 3,361 | 1,346 |
Contig N50 | 40 kb | 112 kb | 40 kb | 32 kb | 11 kb |
Number of scaffolds | 61,161 | 9,687 | 81,469 | 2,322 | 71 |
Scaffold N50 | 76 kb | 46 Mb | 1.3 Mb | 782 kb | 317 kb |
Estimated sequencing cost | $30 million | $15 million | $0.6 million | $100,000 | $4,000 |