Table 1 Published plant studies utilizing optical mapping for the improvement of de novo genome assemblies

Oryza sativa

373 Mb

Corrected 23 potential errors in the BAC tiling path

Kawahara et al. 2013 [18]

Zea Mays

2,061 Mb

Placed 60/66 FPC contigs; Replaced 12 FPC contigs

Zhou et al. 2009 [12]

Medicago truncatula

412 Mb

Scaffold N50 improved from 4.2 Mb to 49.2 Mb (8 pseudomolecules); Evidence used in genome version Mt4.0

Tang et al. 2014 [11]

Amborella trichocarpa

706 Mb

Scaffold N50 improved from 4.9 Mb to 9.3 Mb

Chamala et al. 2013 [6]

Prunus mume

237 Mb

Scaffold N50 improved from 578Kb to 1.1 Mb

Zhang et al. 2012 [18]

Solanum lycopersicum

760 Mb

Fully compatible with FISH results but suggested only 22/38 compatible with linkage map; Evidence used in genome release SL2.5

Shearer et al. 2014 [20]

Aegilops tauschii

2.1 Mb

Sequence completeness improved from 75% to 95%

Hastie et al. 2013 [21]