Estimation of the genome sizes of the chigger mites Leptotrombidium pallidum and Leptotrombidium scutellare based on quantitative PCR and k-mer analysis

Table 3 Genome sizes of Leptotrombidium pallidum and Leptotrombidium scutellare estimated by the qPCR and k-mer analysis-based method

Species	Method	Formula^a	Estimated size (Mb)
Species	Method	Formula^a	EF1α	RpS3	Average
Leptotrombidium pallidum		Dolezel et al.	155 ± 42	215 ± 39	185 ± 42
	qPCR	Wilhelm et al.	164 ± 45	231 ± 42	197 ± 47
		Average			191 ± 7
	k-mer analysis				175
Leptotrombidium scutellare		Dolezel et al.	269 ± 11	237 ± 20	253 ± 22
	qPCR	Wilhelm et al.	288 ± 12	254 ± 22	271 ± 24
		Average			262 ± 13
	k-mer analysis				286

^aFor the formula ‘Dolezel et al.’ and ‘Wilhelm et al.’, please refer references [30] and [27], respectively.

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