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Centromere composition: overview
| Source | Chromosome length (Mb) | Length (bases) | Percentage of chromosome | Repetitive |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bases | Contigous fragments | Repetitive percentage | ||||
| Chr1 | 4.92 | 173 921 | 3.5 | 150 503 | 136 | 86.5 |
| Chr2 outer | 8.88 | 361 820 | 4.1 | 310 016 | 316 | 85.7 |
| Chr2 inner | 36 067 | 0.4 | 34 578 | 26 | 95.9 | |
| Chr3 | 6.55 | 191 571 | 2.9 | 163 766 | 154 | 85.5 |
| Alla | 20.35 | 763 379 | 3.8 | 658 863 | 632 | 86.3 |
aAll refers to the summation of all centromere sequence.
