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Table 9 Comparison of EST sequencing statistics for Sanger sequencing

From: Bioinformatic analysis of ESTs collected by Sanger and pyrosequencing methods for a keystone forest tree species: oak

Organisms

Number of ESTs (a)

Contigs (b)

Singletons (c)

Number of Unigenes (b + c)

% of contig (b/(b + c))

Redundancy ((b + c)/a)

References

Oak

134500

17499

23445

40944

42.7%

30.4%

This study

Cotton

153969

22030

29077

51107

43.1%

33.2%

Udall et al. [66]

Cocoa

149650

12692

35902

48594

26.1%

32.5%

Argout et al. [67]

Spruce

147146

19941

26804

46745

42.7%

31.8%

Ralph et al. [68]

Actinidia

132577

18070

23788

41858

43.2%

31.6%

Crowhurst et al. [69]

Poplar

102019

15574

19563

35137

44.3%

34.4%

Sterky et al. [70]

Lotus

74472

8503

11954

20457

41.6%

27.5%

Asamizu et al. [71]

Citrus

52626

7120

8544

15664

45.5%

29.8%

Terol et al. [72]