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. 2008 Mar 26;9(3):R61. doi: 10.1186/gb-2008-9-3-r61

Table 3.

Comparison of repetitive DNA in D. melanogaster and T. castaneum identified by RepeatScout

Genome Assembled genome size (Mb) RepeatScout library size (Mb) Number of repeat families Amount of genome (Mb) Percentage of genome GC content of library (%) GC content of the genome (%)
Drosophila 144 2.51 3,297 29.3 20 59.94 41.44
Tribolium 151 1.41 4,475 38.9 26 34.52 33.87