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Table 1 Multiple k-mer assembly statistics

From: Transcriptional expression changes during compensatory plasticity in the terminal ganglion of the adult cricket Gryllus bimaculatus

 

K-mer = 21

K-mer = 25

K-mer = 27

K-mer = 30

K-mer = 32

Total # bases assembled

389,450,068

578,099,292

608,828,249

631,946,102

637,678,571

Total # assembled contigs

549,131

581,625

588,250

582,616

573,201

Total # Trinity ‘genes’

471,672

427,875

424,223

418,137

413,346

Total # Trinity transcripts

68,117

47,537

36,867

35,325

30,180

Average contig length (bp)

709.21

993.94

1034.98

1084.67

1112.49

Median contig length (bp)

391

413

407

404

407

Maximum contig length (bp)

25,218

42,708

27,081

26,868

26,979

N50 (bp)

1072

2319

2584

2890

3027

GC count for complete assembly (%)

38.94

38.47

38.49

38.51

38.39

Overall alignment (%)

97.0

98.39

98.34

98.39

98.36

Reads mapped 1 time (%)

28.26

11.42

10.55

9.24

9.51

Reads mapped > 1 time (%)

63.30

81.10

82.02

83.48

83.07

  1. Summary metrics for five different de novo transcriptomes built with varying k-mer lengths.