Table 4 Characteristics of the genomes of A.sinensis , A.gambiae , Ae.aegypti , and C.quinquefasciatus

Genome size (Mbps)

220.8

278

1376

540

Genome coverage (×)

18.8

10.2

7.6

6.1

Number of contig

27,497

18,962

36,206

48,671

Number of scaffold

9,594

8,987

4,758

3,171

Contig N50 (Kbps)

30.1

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82.6

28.6

Scaffold N50 (Kbps)

814.2

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1.5

486.8

Average contig size (bps)

7800

13878

36184

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Average scaffold size (bps)

23012

30930

290873

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GC (%)

42.6

40.9

38.2

37.4

Number of gene (protein-coding)

16766

12457

15419

18883

Percentage of gene Length (%)

26.4

23.1

17.4

18.5

Percentage of exon region length (%)

11.0

7.2

1.9

4.4