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Table 1 Summary of P. xuthus, P. polytes and B. mori expressed sequence tag data sets

From: Comprehensive microarray-based analysis for stage-specific larval camouflage pattern-associated genes in the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus

Species

Papilio xuthus

Papilio polytes

Bombyx mori a

Sequenced clone numbers (EST numbers)

20,736

5,376

10,368

 

(36,589)

(8,549)

(6,653)

Number of clones corresponding to ribosomal RNA

693

30

automatically removed

Number of clones corresponding to mitochondrial DNA

217

24

automatically removed

Number of putative genes (including isoforms)

3,341

1,436

1,380

 

(4,114)b

(1,614)b

(1,451)b

  1. aReported in [25]; b773 clusters of P. xuthus, 178 clusters of P. polytes, and 71 clusters of B. mori were considered to be isoforms/premature forms of other clusters. EST: expressed sequence tags.