Comparative analysis of the root transcriptomes of cultivated sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam) and its wild ancestor (Ipomoea trifida [Kunth] G. Don)

Table 1 Summary of RNA-seq reads from Ib and It

Genotype	No. of reads (PE, 2×100)	No. of contigs	N₅₀ contig length	Min. length of contigs	Max. length of contigs	Filtered transcripts^a
I. batatas (Ib)	208,213,047	240,915	1,791	201	14,381	98,317
I. trifida (It)	200,191,376	366,513	1,217	201	15,897	275,044

^aSelected highly covered isoforms using RSEM and post-assembly trans-chimera cleanup using BLASTX results against the non-redundant protein database

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