Experiment | No. of Samples with reads | No. of Samples with Hexapoda reads | Samples with Hexapoda reads (%) | Mean no. reads per sample (Hexapoda) | Mean no. reads per sample (Araneae) | Total no. of reads (Hexapoda) | Total no. of reads (Araneae) | Percentage of Hexapoda reads (%) |
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Blocking primer A | 200 | 30 | 15.0 | 271 | 3754 | 8130 | 750,862 | 1.08 |
Blocking primer B | 204 | 25 | 12.3 | 445 | 3720 | 11,113 | 758,851 | 1.46 |
Blocking primers A & B | 189 | 19 | 10.1 | 258 | 3985 | 4909 | 753,181 | 0.65 |
No blocking primers | 207 | 19 | 9.2 | 335 | 3428 | 6363 | 709,647 | 0.90 |
Total | 210 | 58 | 27.6 | – | – | 30,515 | 2,972,541 | 1.03 |