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Table 1 Genome characteristics of selected placental mammalian species studied to date

From: Evolution of mammalian genome organization inferred from comparative gene mapping

Order

Species

Common name

Haploid chromosome

CSUs

CSOs

Citation

   

number

   

Primates

Pan troglodytes

Chimpanzee

24

24

 

[61]

 

Gorilla gorilla

Gorilla

24

26

 

[61]

 

Pongo pygmaeus

Orangutan

24

24

 

[61]

 

Cercopithecus aethiops

African green monkey

30

34

 

[61]

 

Cebus capucinus

Capuchin monkey

27

33

 

[61]

 

Papio hamadryas

Baboon

21

24

~ 49 autosomal

[62]

 

Macaca fuscata

Macaque

21

24

 

[61]

 

Callithrix jacchus

marmoset

23

32

 

[61]

 

Ateles geoffroyi

Black-handed spider monkey

17

49

 

[61]

 

Hylobates lar

Gibbon

22

52

 

[61]

 

Hylobates concolor

Concolor gibbon

25

70

 

[61]

 

Hylobates syndactylus

Siamang

25

59

 

[61]

 

Presbytis cristata

Silvered leaf monkey

23

34

 

[61]

 

Eulemur fulvus

Lemur

30

40

 

[61]

Scandentia

Tupaia belangeri

Tree shrew

31

42

 

[20]

Dermoptera

 

Flying lemurs

No data

No data

No data

 

Lagomorpha

Oryctolagus cuniculus

Rabbit

22

39

 

[63]

Rodentia

Mus musculus

Mouse

20

180

>200*

[3,23]

 

Rattus norvegicus

Rat

21

152*

190

[26,64]

Carnivora

Canis familiaris

Dog

38

68

 

[34]

 

Felis catus

Cat

19

34

100-102*

[22]

 

Mustela putorius

Ferret

20

34

 

[33]

 

Mustela vison

Mink

15

33

 

[2]

 

Phoca vitulina

Harbor seal

16

31

 

[47]

 

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Giant panda

42

44

 

[43]

Pholidota

 

Pangolins

No data

No data

No data

 

Cetartiodactyla

Bos taurus

Cow

30

50

149

[28]

 

Ovis aries

Sheep

27

40

 

[1]

 

Capra hircus

Goat

30

~ 50

107

[39]

 

Muntiacus muntjak v.

Indian muntjak

4

50

 

[2]

 

Sus scrofa

Pig

19

47

 

[1]

 

Tursiops truncatus

Dolphin

22

29

 

[65]

Perissodactyla

Equus caballus

Horse

32

46

 

[1]

Chiroptera

Glossophaga soricina

Bat

16

42

 

[66]

Eulipotyphla

Sorex araneus

Common shrew

10

33

 

[1]

Xenarthra

 

Sloths, anteaters, armadillos

 

No data

No data

 

Macroscelidea

 

Elephant shrews

 

No data

No data

 

Afrosoricida

 

Tenrecs, golden moles

 

No data

No data

 

Tubulidentata

 

Aardvark

 

No data

No data

 

Proboscidea

 

Elephants

 

No data

No data

 

Sirenia

 

Manatees

 

No data

No data

 

Hyracoidea

 

Hyraxes

 

No data

No data

 

Galliformes

Gallus gallus

Chicken

37

96*

 

[37]

Atheriniformes

Danio rerio

Zebrafish

25

 

418*

[32]

  1. Chicken and zebrafish are included for outgroup comparison. For a complete list of the 25 primate species analyzed by Zoo-FISH, see [61]. CSUs, conserved segments with unknown gene order; CSOs, conserved segments with known gene order; *predicted using methods of Nadeau and Taylor [67].CSUs and CSOs are based on comparison to human chromosomes.