Differential gene expression in abdomens of the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, after sugar feeding, blood feeding and Plasmodium berghei infection

Table 1 cDNA LIBRARY INSERT AND EST SIZES*

Clone Source Library	N	Mean length (bp)	± SE	Max. (bp)	Min. (bp)
S	243	1003	33	3526	322
RB	189	1156	45	3738	152
IRB	272	1044	28	2789	317
Average		1068	35	3351	264
EST Source	N	Mean EST length (nt) ^†	± SE	Max. (nt)	Min. (nt)
S singletons	590	404	8	820	100
RB singletons	381	394	8	748	100
IRB singletons	437	377	8	785	100
Contigs	567	595	11	1585	104
Average		455	9	1039	101

*Library abbreviations are defined in the text. N = number of clone inserts, ESTs sequenced ^†The mean EST length in nucleotides (nt) is the length following end-trimming, short sequence filtering and EST contig assembly.
SE = standard error of the mean.

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