Figure 1

Composition and alignment distribution of the EST library and the assembled distinct transcripts. (A) Distribution of the length of the 37,787 original ESTs. The median EST length is equal to 618 nucleotides, the mean EST length is 563 nucleotides, and the standard deviation of the distribution is 167 nucleotides. (B) Distribution of the number of ESTs per contig in the ESTs assembly. The median number of ESTs per contig is equal to 3 ESTs, the mean number of ESTs per contig is 7 ESTs, and the standard deviation of the distribution is 27 ESTs. (C) Distribution of the length of the 14,410 distinct transcripts. The median sequence length is equal to 847 nucleotides, the mean sequence length is 943 nucleotides, and the standard deviation of the distribution is 388 nucleotides. The contribution of the assembled ESTs is shown in red while the contribution of singleton ESTs is shown in blue. (D) Distribution of the number of matched cDNA reference-mapped for both the 37,787 original ESTs (shown in yellow) and the 14,410 distinct transcripts (shown in green).