Lessons for livestock genomics from genome and transcriptome sequencing in cattle and other mammals

Table 2 Illumina whole-genome sequence data analyzed for bovids

Breed or species	Number of animals	Number of unique reads	Total number of bases	Average raw coverage
Angus	109	82,263,951,806	8,137,666,488,753	25.74
Hereford	18	15,603,339,064	1,501,290,942,627	28.76
Limousin	12	3,704,169,818	357,264,463,240	10.27
Charolais	14	8,560,329,604	858,471,719,367	21.14
Simmental	11	8,902,705,282	885,698,817,042	27.76
Gelbvieh	8	6,366,906,096	633,479,558,830	27.31
Maine Anjou	5	4,061,220,172	403,867,224,031	27.85
Romagnola	4	901,544,762	89,666,842,589	7.73
Shorthorn	2	1,446,405,682	143,863,277,001	24.80
Red Angus	14	4,430,950,144	441,846,880,499	10.88
Holstein	55	13,650,662,246	1,358,163,462,700	8.52
Jersey	9	1,399,450,902	139,150,036,295	5.33
N’Dama	1	739,233,320	73,483,493,461	25.34
Brahman	11	1,871,667,422	167,772,161,118	5.26
Nelore	8	1,668,006,036	165,728,918,125	7.14
Gir	6	1,583,737,248	157,449,065,756	9.05
Beefmaster^a	10	8,351,392,646	830,865,082,100	28.65
Bison bison	3	3,042,961,175	302,630,047,893	34.79
Bubalus bubalis	64	9,521,271,994	942,508,023,731	5.08

^aComposite breed with an expected composition of 50 % Brahman, 25 % Hereford and 25 % Shorthorn

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