Average number of contigs per scaffold

Question

[Rahul]

Hi,

Does anyone have an ideaabout what should be the idealAverage_number_of_contigs_per_scaffold for transcriptome assembly?

program:- Saopdenovo trans

I am getting only 1.0 as ratio

any suggestion will be appreciated...

[5heikki]

Why do you scaffold transciptomic contigs? Answer this question and maybe you'll have an idea of the ideal number..