Table 1 Summary of Cichorium intybus ESTs

Total ESTs

3,348

ESTs from the E library

1,944

ESTs from the NE library

1,404

Average sequence size (bp)

456

Average sequence size of annotated ESTs (bp)

471

Average sequence size of ESTs without match

354

Average GC content (%)

45

Number of original clusters (OC)

2,302

Number of contigs

189

Maximum number of genes

2,077

Genes represented only in the E library

1,061

Genes represented only in the NE library

730

Genes represented in both libraries

286