Table 1.
M. brevicollis genome properties in a phylogenetic context
| Metazoa |
Choanoflagellates |
Fungi |
Dictyostelium |
Plants |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hsap | Cint | Dmel | Nvec | Mbre | Ccin | Ncra | Ddis | Atha | |
| Genome size (Mb) | 2,900 | 160 | 180 | 357 | 42 | 38 | 39 | 34 | 125 |
| Total number of genes | 23,224 | 14,182 | 14,601 | 18,000 | 9,196 | 13,544 | 9,826 | 13,607 | 27,273 |
| Mean gene size (bp) | 27,000 | 4,585 | 5,247 | 6,264 | 3,004 | 1,679 | 1,528 | 1,756 | 2,287 |
| Mean intron density (introns per gene) | 7.7 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 4.4 |
| Mean intron length (bp) | 3,365 | 477 | 1,192 | 903 | 174 | 75 | 136 | 146 | 164 |
| Gene density (kb per gene) | 127.9 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 19.8 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 4.5 |
Species names follow the four-letter convention from Fig. 1.