Table 2 Comparison of genome assemblies of L. sativa var. crispa, L. sativa var. capitata, L. sativa var. angustana, L. saligna, and L. virosa.

From: A near-complete chromosome-level genome assembly of looseleaf lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. crispa)

Feature

L. sativa var. crispa (this study)

L. sativa var. capitata8

L. sativa var. angustana11

L. saligna9

L. virosa10

Number of contigs

156

477

2053

43,198

136,206

Contig N50

205.47 Mb

12.52 Mb

4.71 Mb

86.84 Kb

135.89 Kb

Longest contig

282.47 Mb

75.54 Mb

20.98 Mb

794 Kb

1.02 Mb

Total size of assembled contigs

2.59 Gb

2.59 Gb

2.60 Gb

2.03 Gb

2.51 Gb

Number of scaffolds

77

93

649

10

5,855

Scaffold N50

320.76 Mb

325 Mb

332.3 Mb

238.63 Mb

316.91 Mb

Longest scaffold

407.16 Mb

410.30 Mb

397.86 Mb

420.74 Mb

422.78 Mb

Total size of assembled scaffold

2.59 Gb

2.59 Gb

2.62 Gb

2.22 Gb

3.45 Gb

GC content

37.96%

37.92%

37.91%

37.68%

38.00%

Gap number

11

384

1,404

43,188

130,351