Table 1 General features of bacterial, yeast, nematode and mammalian genomes
From: The mammalian transcriptome and the function of non-coding DNA sequences
Species | Genome size (Mbp) | Repetitive sequences (%) | Transcriptional units | Protein-coding genes | Introns | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Escherichia coli | 4.6 | 0.7 | 5,471 | 4,288 | Â | |
Saccharomyces cerevisiae | 12 | 3.2 | 6,682 | 6,183 | 233 | [13] |
Caenorhabditis elegans | 100.3 | 16.5 | 19,646 | 18,808 | 99,237 | [73] |
Caenorhabditis briggsae | 104 | 22.4 | 20,469 | 19,507 | 94,832 | [73] |
Mus musculus | 2,500 | 40 | 33,409 | 22,011 | 191,500 | |
Homo sapiens | 2,900 | 44 | 25,003 | 22,808 | 177,000 |