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Table 1 Characteristics of the expressed sequence tags (ESTs).

From: Differences in transcription between free-living and CO2-activated third-stage larvae of Haemonchus contortus

Numbers of

L3

xL3

Sequences before assembly of ESTs (average length)

101305

105553

Sequences after assembly

11824

11671

   Contigs (average length ± standard deviation)

6299 (352.7 bp ± 91.9)

5574 (361.6 bp ± 99.8)

   Singletons (average length ± standard deviation)

5525 (274.1 bp ± 45.7)

6097 (278.7 bp ± 60.2)

Clusters matching genomic sequences

10823

11021

Total number of unique clusters (ESTs + GSS)

20066

20116

  1. Numbers of ESTs determined from cDNA libraries representing the ensheathed (= L3) or exsheathed (= xL3) third larval stage of Haemonchus contortus, and numbers of sequences (including contigs and singletons) and clusters and their lengths (in brackets) before and after assembly.