Statistics of sequence mapping and assembly of E. coli K12 MG1655 samples prepared with ddMDA and conventional tube MDA at different initial copy numbers.

Total number of reads included all sequencing reads mapped and unmapped to E. coli genome. % Reads mapped to genome corresponds to the percentage of sequencing reads that are specifically aligned to E. coli genome. % Genome covered by reads refers to the percentage of E. coli genome covered by one or more sequencing reads. % Genome covered by assembly indicated the percentage of E. coli genome covered by contigs. Gini indices were calculated based on the cumulative distribution of sequencing reads.