Table 1

Comparison of the ratio of relative amounts of genomic DNA in male and female adults of S. mansoni

Male (ZZ)/female (WZ)

Scaffold

NGS hit-count ratio

qPCR ratio

Smp_scaff000059

1.76

2.00 ± 0.15

Smp_scaff000425

1.82

1.76 ± 0.11 (region 1)

Smp_scaff000425

1.82

1.83 ± 0.11 (region 2)

Smp_scaff000012

1.3

1.61 ± 0.03

Smp_scaff000047

1.06

0.87 ± 0.04 (region 1)

Smp_scaff000047

1.06

0.87 ± 0.12 (region 2)

Smp_scaff000074

1.02

0.87 ± 0.06 (region 1)

Smp_scaff000074

1.02

0.99 ± 0.13 (region 2)

Smp_scaff000019

1.69

1.76 ± 0.07

Smp_scaff000120

1.61

1.10 ± 0.08

Smp_scaff000054

0.95

1.04 ± 0.09

Smp_scaff000034

0.94

1.07 ± 0.13

Smp_scaff000050

0.93

0.99 ± 0.21

Smp_scaff000024

0.93

0.95 ± 0.09

Smp_scaff000252

0.95

0.93 ± 0.03

Smp_scaff000264

0.96

0.93 ± 0.02

Relative amounts of genomic DNA in male and female adults of S. mansoni were measured by next generation sequencing (NGS) hit counts or qPCR in 13 scaffolds (3 scaffolds were sampled in the 2 different regions, 'region 1' and 'region 2').

Lepesant et al. Genome Biology 2012 13:R14   doi:10.1186/gb-2012-13-2-r14