The transcript catalogue of the short-lived fish Nothobranchius furzeriprovides insights into age-dependent changes of mRNA levels

Table 5 Summary of RNA-seq analysis

	GRZ				MZM-0403
Library	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Age (weeks)	5		14		5		31
Organ	Skin	Brain	Skin	Brain	Skin	Brain	Skin	Brain
Reads	33,947,044	36,117,265	35,963,921	27,369,310	31,727,935	34,720,289	30,268,649	31,423,327
Mapped / Unique (%)	58 / 46	42 / 37	53 / 43	41 / 36	65 / 52	54 / 48	64 / 53	52 / 46
Transcribed genes	17,350	17,638	17,456	17,535	17,170	17,590	17,375	17,644
Median transcript level (rpkm ^a)	2.3	4.7	2.6	5.7	2.5	5.4	3.5	5.8
Range of transcript levels (rpkm)	0.005 – 13,043	0.006 – 40,801	0.005 – 39,533	0.01 – 5,587	0.006 – 10,409	0.003 – 5,288	0.005 – 3,878	0.009 – 3,946

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