Table 3

Fingerprint map summary

Number of contigs

655

Clones in contigs (% of total)

257,914 (89%)

Singletons

32,883

Average number of clones per contig

394

Largest number of clones in a contig

6,516

Contigs assigned to bovine chromosomes

397

Autosome and X assignment by comparative alignments

379

Y by SRY-positive probes

18

Number clones in assigned contigs (% of total)

252,971 (87%)

Average number of clones per assigned contig

637

Clones per autosome and X contig

663

Clones per Y contig

92

N50 size of assigned contigs

17.1 Mb

Average number of clones per unassigned contig

19

N50 size of unassigned contigs

0.5 Mb

Average number of contigs per autosome

10

Snelling et al. Genome Biology 2007 8:R165   doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-8-r165