Table 1 Statistics for the bitter gourd genome assembly and annotation

From: Whole-genome sequencing provides insights into the genetic diversity and domestication of bitter gourd (Momordica spp.)

Assembly

Dali-11 (M. charantia)

TR (Momordica sp.)

OHB3-1 (M. charantia)

Cucumber (C. sativus)

Watermelon (C. lanatus)

Melon (C. melo)

Estimated genome size (Mb)

300

301

339

367

425

450

Sequence depth (×)

251.0

185.0

110.0

72.2

108.6

13.5

Assembled genome size (Mb)

293.6

296.3

285.5

243.5

353.5

375.0

Anchored scaffolds (Mb)

251.3

–

172.0

177.3

330.0

316.3

Sequences anchored on chromosomes (%)

85.5%

–

60.2%

72.8%

93.5%

87.5%

N50 of scaffolds (Mb)

3.3

0.6

1.1

1.1

2.4

4.7

N50 of contigs (Kb)

62.6

16.1

–

19.8

26.4

18.2

GC content (%)

35.4

35.1

36.4

32.2

32.8

33.2

Repeat rate (%)

41.5

39.9

34.7

20.8

39.8

35.4

LTR rate (%)

31.8

33.1

27.4

11.5

30.5

25.0

Number of gene models

26,427

28,827

45,859

26,682

23,440

27,427

  1. Note: The M. charantia OHB3-1 scaffolds were anchored to pseudochromosomes according to a previous report15. Excluding 26 chimeric scaffolds, 229 out of 255 scaffolds were anchored