RNA Library QC Metrics

Metric

Description

Recommended Threshold

MEDIAN_INSERT_SIZE (bp)

Median of fragment sizes calculated from read alignments.

≥ 80

MEDIAN_CV_GENE_500X

The median of the CV value of target region coverage across all genes with coverage above 500X.

≤ 0.93

TOTAL_ON_TARGET_READS (Count)

Total number of reads that map to the target regions.

≥ 9,000,000