Fig. 3

The distribution of data yields among the mixed samples in different groups. a, b Group C includes 30 and Group D includes 55 genomic DNA libraries sequenced in a single lane of a flowcell, separately. c In group E, a mixed library including 32 samples. Even data yields were expected among the 26 rice libraries and 6 maize libraries, respectively; and the data of each maize was expected to be approximately 5 × that of each rice sample. d In group F, a mixed library comprising seven tea libraries, two and five samples were expected to have even data yields, respectively; and the data output of each sample in the group of five was expected to be twice as much of each sample from the group of two. e Group G includes 6 RNA-seq libraries sequenced twice in two lanes. There are expectations of uneven data yields among samples within a mixed library. The horizontal line and small open rectangle within the box plot indicate median and mean value, respectively. The extension of vertical lines indicates minimum and maximum observations excluding outliers. The black diamonds stand for the observations