Sex and tissue specific gene expression patterns identified following de novo transcriptomic analysis of the Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus

Table 1 Raw reads and quality control of reads for N. norvegicus libraries

Tissue	Sex	Number of raw reads	Raw read length	%GC	Number of reads after trimming	Read length after trimming
Testis	M	47,454,625	151	44	44,384,279	26–143
Ovary	MF	56,859,898	151	43	53,448,056	26–143
Ovary	IF	52,854,378	151	48	49,655,513	26–143
Vas Deferens	M	49,222,546	151	43	46,802,691	26–143
Hepatopancreas	M	56,240,204	151	43	52,803,977	26–143
	MF	54,715,141	151	46	50,574,033	26–143
	IF	52,217,561	151	46	48,752,848	26–143
Eyestalk	M	44,910,345	151	43	41,968,679	26–143
	MF	45,799,203	151	42	42,121,851	26–143
	IF	53,668,850	151	42	49,410,048	26–143
Brain	M	58,405,643	151	42	54,423,042	26–143
	MF	67,530,741	151	42	62,997,606	26–143
	IF	61,357,339	151	42	57,343,088	26–143
Thoracic ganglia	M	47,227,119	151	41	43,723,658	26–143
	MF	58,418,219	151	43	54,460,212	26–143
	IF	49,303,270	151	42	45,710,029	26–143
Data from a previous study [7]
Eyestalk	ML	87,830,082	101	41	84,425,620	26–89
Eyestalk	MD	91,938,198	101	44	87,970,542	26–89

IF immature female; M Male; MD Male maintained in Darkness; MF mature female; ML Male maintained in Light conditions