Table 1 Summary statistics for Galleria mellonella expressed sequence tag (EST) analysis
| Â | Sanger technology | 454 FLX technology | Sanger + 454 FLX |
|---|---|---|---|
Total number of reads | 14,120 | 789,105 | - |
Average length of read (bases) | 780 | 218 | - |
Total number of reads in the assembly | 12,032 | 466,737 | 478,769 |
Total number of contigs | 2,120 | 22,203 | 18,690 |
Total number of singlets | 4,775 | 25,604 | - |
Number of unique sequences | 6,895 | 47,807 | - |
Average/Largest contig size | 995/3,560 | 1132/4,762 | 1180/4,762 |