Table 1

EST Assembly and Gene Family Statistics for 18 Species of Compositae

SpeciesESTsUnigenes% Unigenes DuplicatedGene Family CountDuplications With Ks < 2
Gerbera hybrida16,9988,43812.1a7,657293
Centaurea maculosa39,95721,43237.115,9003,554
Centaurea solstitialis40,40623,26737.917,0623,954
Carthamus tinctorius40,87519,96339.214,3273,284
Cichorium endivia30,17019,48031.015,2692,508
Cichorium intybus41,70422,67433.217,2552,895
Taraxacum officinale41,27816,85831.912,5641,651
Lactuca sativa80,73527,90732.421,0183,013
Lactuca serriola55,45221,14025.616,7881,587
Lactuca saligna30,68912,44830.69,4391,091
Lactuca perennis29,11812,12930.09,3331,192
Lactuca virosa30,05612,73227.89,924998
Helianthus annuus93,42837,22230.027,7253,500
Helianthus argophyllus35,70217,84527.514,5862,018
Helianthus ciliaris21,58915,15828.612,3822,037
Helianthus exilis33,95820,10133.415,4902,973
Helianthus petiolaris27,47213,65530.210,5571,519
Helianthus tuberosus40,36122,01339.216,0304,077
SpeciesESTsUnigenes% Unigenes DuplicatedGene Family CountDuplications With Ks < 2
Gerbera hybrida16,9988,43812.1a7,657293
Centaurea maculosa39,95721,43237.115,9003,554
Centaurea solstitialis40,40623,26737.917,0623,954
Carthamus tinctorius40,87519,96339.214,3273,284
Cichorium endivia30,17019,48031.015,2692,508
Cichorium intybus41,70422,67433.217,2552,895
Taraxacum officinale41,27816,85831.912,5641,651
Lactuca sativa80,73527,90732.421,0183,013
Lactuca serriola55,45221,14025.616,7881,587
Lactuca saligna30,68912,44830.69,4391,091
Lactuca perennis29,11812,12930.09,3331,192
Lactuca virosa30,05612,73227.89,924998
Helianthus annuus93,42837,22230.027,7253,500
Helianthus argophyllus35,70217,84527.514,5862,018
Helianthus ciliaris21,58915,15828.612,3822,037
Helianthus exilis33,95820,10133.415,4902,973
Helianthus petiolaris27,47213,65530.210,5571,519
Helianthus tuberosus40,36122,01339.216,0304,077
a

 Lower percentage of duplicate genes in Gerbera relative to other taxa is likely because this is a single tissue EST collection.

Table 1

EST Assembly and Gene Family Statistics for 18 Species of Compositae

SpeciesESTsUnigenes% Unigenes DuplicatedGene Family CountDuplications With Ks < 2
Gerbera hybrida16,9988,43812.1a7,657293
Centaurea maculosa39,95721,43237.115,9003,554
Centaurea solstitialis40,40623,26737.917,0623,954
Carthamus tinctorius40,87519,96339.214,3273,284
Cichorium endivia30,17019,48031.015,2692,508
Cichorium intybus41,70422,67433.217,2552,895
Taraxacum officinale41,27816,85831.912,5641,651
Lactuca sativa80,73527,90732.421,0183,013
Lactuca serriola55,45221,14025.616,7881,587
Lactuca saligna30,68912,44830.69,4391,091
Lactuca perennis29,11812,12930.09,3331,192
Lactuca virosa30,05612,73227.89,924998
Helianthus annuus93,42837,22230.027,7253,500
Helianthus argophyllus35,70217,84527.514,5862,018
Helianthus ciliaris21,58915,15828.612,3822,037
Helianthus exilis33,95820,10133.415,4902,973
Helianthus petiolaris27,47213,65530.210,5571,519
Helianthus tuberosus40,36122,01339.216,0304,077
SpeciesESTsUnigenes% Unigenes DuplicatedGene Family CountDuplications With Ks < 2
Gerbera hybrida16,9988,43812.1a7,657293
Centaurea maculosa39,95721,43237.115,9003,554
Centaurea solstitialis40,40623,26737.917,0623,954
Carthamus tinctorius40,87519,96339.214,3273,284
Cichorium endivia30,17019,48031.015,2692,508
Cichorium intybus41,70422,67433.217,2552,895
Taraxacum officinale41,27816,85831.912,5641,651
Lactuca sativa80,73527,90732.421,0183,013
Lactuca serriola55,45221,14025.616,7881,587
Lactuca saligna30,68912,44830.69,4391,091
Lactuca perennis29,11812,12930.09,3331,192
Lactuca virosa30,05612,73227.89,924998
Helianthus annuus93,42837,22230.027,7253,500
Helianthus argophyllus35,70217,84527.514,5862,018
Helianthus ciliaris21,58915,15828.612,3822,037
Helianthus exilis33,95820,10133.415,4902,973
Helianthus petiolaris27,47213,65530.210,5571,519
Helianthus tuberosus40,36122,01339.216,0304,077
a

 Lower percentage of duplicate genes in Gerbera relative to other taxa is likely because this is a single tissue EST collection.

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