RNA-Seq analysis and annotation of a draft blueberry genome assembly identifies candidate genes involved in fruit ripening, biosynthesis of bioactive compounds, and stage-specific alternative splicing

Table 1 Summary of sequencing strategies and sequences obtained

Sequencing strategy	Samples	Number of reads (millions)	Bases (billions)
Single-end Illumina, 100 bp reads	Five fruit stages from O’Neal cultivar	485	48.6
Paired-end Illumina, 76 bp reads	Ripe, unripe berries from O’Neal, Lenoir, Ozark blue, and Pamlico cultivars	377	28.3
454	Ripe and unripe berries from 2009, 2010 harvests, O’Neal cultivar	2.16	0.73
Total		864.16	77.63

ISSN: 2047-217X