A reference gene set for sex pheromone biosynthesis and degradation genes from the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, based on genome and transcriptome digital gene expression analyses

Table 2 Summary of P. xylostella de novo transcriptome assembly

Tissues	F_Ant	M_Ant	L	H	AB	PG
Total size (Gb)	6.36	6.84	6.68	6.38	5.96	6.82
GC content	47.26	45.98	47.46	54.59	47.77	45.01
Number of transcripts	125,385
Total unigene count	89,332
Genes with homologues in NR	26,657
Total transcript nucleotides	113,082,390
Total unigene nucleotides	65,915,278
N50 transcript length	1831 nt
N50 unigene length	1499 nt
Longest unigene length	28,680 nt
Median unigene length	334 nt

ISSN: 1471-2164