Quantitative analysis of the blood transcriptome of young healthy pigs and its relationship with subsequent disease resilience

Table 2 Descriptive statistics for RNA quality and 3′ mRNA sequencing data on 912 pigs

Item	Mean	SD	Min	Max
RNA integrity number (RIN)	7.9	1.0	4.1	9.9
Total reads/sample (millions) ^a	6.2	2.3	0.2	26.7
Aligned reads/sample (%) ^b	98.6	1.4	67.2	99.5
Uniquely mapped reads/sample (%) ^b	73.8	5.3	44.5	85.7
Gene reads (%) ^b	62.4	10.5	30.5	85.7
HBA/HBB reads (%) ^b	11.8	5.6	0.6	38.5
Non-globin reads (%) ^b	50.6	7.5	27.0	70.7

Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, Min minimum, Max maximum, HBA hemoglobin subunit alpha, HBB hemoglobin subunit beta
^a The number of reads after trimming by Bbduk
^b The proportion to the total reads (%)

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