Table 5. Clustering result. The 553 non-redundant ESTs identified from the normalized library were clustered with MPOB’s EST collection and the available published sets of oil palm ESTs.

Number of non-redundant ESTs in normalized library

553

Number of non-redundant ESTs similar to MPOB’s EST collection

228

Number of non-redundant ESTs similar to the published sets of oil palm ESTs*

88

Total number of non-redundant ESTs benefited from the normalization process

237