Analysis of a normalised expressed sequence tag (EST) library from a key pollinator, the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

Table 1 Taxonomic distribution of the "best-hits" for the 13,333 post-assembly Bombus terrestris EST sequences (BLASTX, cutoff = 1e-05).

Taxonomic classification	Number of assembled ESTs
Apis spp.	6,296
Nasonia vitripennis	886
Existing Bombus terrestris sequences	8
Other Bombus spp.	49
Other Hymenoptera	21
Diptera	179
Coleoptera	110
Other Insecta	146
Other	149
No hits	5,489

Relevant groupings have been performed, but original counts on an individual taxon identifier level can be found as an additional file (Additional file 2).

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