Table 1.
Plant Genomes Analyzed in This Study
| Species | Genome Size (Mbp) | Database | |
| Eudicots | Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) | 157 | TAIR |
| Populus trichocarpa (poplar) | 500 | JGI | |
| Monocots | Oryza sativa (rice) | 430 | Gramene |
| Zea mays (maize) | 2,400 | TAIR, PlantGDB | |
| Lycopodiophyta | Selaginella moellendorffii | 110 | JGI |
| Bryophyta (moss) | Physcomitrella patens | 500 | JGI |
| Chlorophyta | Chlamydomonas reinhardtii | 120 | JGI |
| Unicellular green algae | Ostreococcus lucimarinus | 12.5 | JGI |
| Ostreococcus tauri | 11.6 | JGI | |
| Rhodophyta (red algae) | Cyanodioschyzon merolae | 16.5 | Genome project |