Table 1.
Contents of the pseudogene database at time of submission (June 2006)
| Genome | Number of pseudogenes |
|---|---|
| Eukaryotes | |
| Homo sapiens (human) | 31 768 |
| Pan troglodytes (chimp) | 8355 |
| Mus musculus (mouse) | 15 320 |
| Rattus norvegicus (rat) | 10 750 |
| Canis familiaris (dog) | 2802 |
| Gallus gallus (chicken) | 4179 |
| Danio rerio (zebrafish) | 15 779 |
| Anopheles gambiae (mosquito) | 1713 |
| Drosophila melanogaster (fly) | 484 |
| Plasmodium falciparum | 5179 |
| Tetraodon nigroviridis | 3250 |
| Eukaryote total | 99 579 |
| Prokaryotes (sample) | |
| Thermotoga maritima | 37 |
| Borrelia burgdorferi | 10 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 187 |
| Escherichia coli K12 | 134 |
| Buchnera sp. APS | 18 |
| Bacillus subtilis | 203 |
| Chlamydia trachomatis | 11 |
| Thermoplasma acidophilum | 39 |
| Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus | 35 |
| Sulfolobus solfataricus | 172 |
| Prokaryote total (including 54 genomes not shown) | 6890 |
| Database total | 106 469 |
All eukaryotic organisms in the database are displayed; listing of prokaryotes has been limited to 10 out of 64 contained in the database.