Table 1 Distribution and analysis of flax ESTs in the 13 libraries

Tissue library	Number of ESTs sequenced	Number after cleaning	Number masked	% Trashed	Max length (nt)	Median length (nt)
GE	29,038	28,125	27,792	4%	830	631
HE	37,360	36,349	36,207	3%	1618	624
TE	40,412	39,700	39,236	3%	950	556
CE	20,514	20,209	20,131	2%	835	560
ME	28,856	28,131	27,859	3%	1,021	627
EN	22,383	22,128	22,079	1%	813	576
GC	21,245	20,976	20,897	2%	828	588
TC	20,916	20,529	20,468	2%	834	637
ES	12,193	11,791	10,804	11%	992	751
LE	15,125	14,468	12,091	20%	1,004	705
FL	6,498	5,735	5,160	21%	1,056	515
ST	12,181	11,783	11,324	7%	971	749
PS	7,557	7231年	7,224	4%	996	605
Total	274,278	267,155	261,272	5%	1,618	613