Extensively duplicated and transcriptionally active recent lateral gene transfer from a bacterial Wolbachia endosymbiont to its host filarial nematode Brugia malayi

Table 3 Summary of nuwts in B. malayi

Alignment program	Sequencing platform	Number of reads mapping^a	Cumulative length of reads (kbp)	Cumulative length on w Bm (kbp)	Mean coverage threshold
BWA	GAIIx	28,060	1,515.2	28.6	≥3x
BWA	HiSeq 2000	115,812	11,465.4	48.8	≥16x
BLASTN	HiSeq 2000	628,558	62,227.2	115.4	≥16x

^aCounts also include reads that may not be located in a nuwt themselves as long as their mate is located in one.

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