Table 2 Comparison of transcript statistics at each stage of assembly

 No. transcripts

31,259

19,920

11,523

12,283

 Mean length

871

782

1,787

1,685

 No. exons

392,850

32,389

26,905

27,293

 Mean exons/transcript

12.78

1.65

2.35

2.41

 No. transcripts

35,631

21,230

12,849

11,440

 Mean length

1,338

1,231

1,822

1,635

 No. exons

94,636

45,582

37,906

33,179

 Mean exons/transcript

2.67

2.44

3.12

2.90

 No. transcripts

46,779

21,574

12,714

11,879

 Mean length

1,212

1,357

1,951

1,696

 No. exons

88,425

43,406

39,021

36,789

 Mean exons/transcript

2.25

2.35

3.21

3.10

 No. transcripts

38,508

18,045

11,315

10,232

 Mean length

1,671

1,871

1,964

1,712

 No. exons

75,249

27,430

22,396

20,682

 Mean exons/transcript

2.46

2.26

2.15

2.02