De novo assembly of the carrot mitochondrial genome using next generation sequencing of whole genomic DNA provides first evidence of DNA transfer into an angiosperm plastid genome

Table 1 Summary of assemblies and consensus sequences of 454 whole genome sequences (WGS), plastid sequences (pt) and mitochondrial sequences (mt)

Sequences dataset	# of reads	WGS assembly	pt assembly		mt assembly
		# of contigs	# of contigs	Length (nt)	# of contigs	Length (nt)
Set 1	813770	32215	11	155771	19	281052
Set 2	814668	36602	11	155845	19	281265
Set 3	771864	32963	15	155849	22	281164
Set 4	704918	27330	9	155820	22	281042
Set 5	692688	25841	12	155835	24	281242
Consensus				155834		281079

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