Table 1.
Relative amounts (A), average GC (B) and average size (C) of isochore families from the multicellular eukaryotes under analysis.
| L1 | L2 | H1 | H2 | H3 | c-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A) Relative amount | ||||||
| C. intestinalis | (a) 84.7 | 14.9 | 0.3 | --- | --- | 94.4 |
| C. elegans | 90.6 | 9.4 | --- | --- | 100.5 | |
| D. melanogaster | 1.1 | 20.8 | 75.0 | 3.1 | --- | 118.7 |
| D. simulans | 0.8 | 12.2 | 82.0 | 0.1 | --- | 109.4 |
| D. yakuba | 1.1 | 14.0 | 78.7 | 6.2 | --- | 119.3 |
| A. gambiae | 0.5 | 9.9 | 58.3 | 31.3 | --- | 228.4 |
| Human | 19.0 | 37.0 | 31.0 | 11.0 | 3.0 | |
| D. rerio | 75.7 | 23.3 | --- | --- | --- | 1548.5 |
| O. latipes | --- | 71.0 | 23.7 | --- | --- | 725.6 |
| T. nigroviridis | --- | --- | 55.3 | 37.8 | --- | 220.0 |
| B) Average GC | ||||||
| C. intestinalis | 35.5 | 38.3 | 41.7 | --- | --- | |
| C. elegans | 35.4 | 37.9 | --- | --- | --- | |
| D. melanogaster | 35.3 | 40.0 | 42.9 | 47.2 | --- | |
| D. simulans | 35.6 | 39.9 | 43.1 | 47.0 | --- | |
| D. yakuba | 35.7 | 40.1 | 43.0 | 47.0 | --- | |
| A. gambiae | 35.8 | 39.6 | 44.2 | 47.2 | --- | |
| Human | 36.0 | 38.9 | 43.1 | 48.7 | 54.5 | |
| D. rerio | 36.0 | 38.2 | --- | --- | --- | |
| O. latipes | 39.9 | 42.3 | --- | --- | ||
| T. nigroviridis | --- | --- | 44.4 | 48.2 | --- | |
| C) Average size (Mb) | ||||||
| C. intestinalis | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.06 | --- | --- | |
| C. elegans | b (3.37) | 0.5 | --- | --- | --- | |
| D. melanogaster | 1.3 | 0.5 | (1.6) | 0.5 | --- | |
| D. simulans | 0.9 | 0.4 | (2) | 0.5 | --- | |
| D. yakuba | 1.3 | 0.4 | (1.7) | 0.5 | --- | |
| A. gambiae | 0.6 | 0.7 | (1.27) | 1.0 | --- | |
| Human | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
| D. rerio | 0.8 | 0.5 | --- | --- | --- | |
| O. latipes | --- | 2.8 | 0.9 | --- | --- | |
| T. nigroviridis | --- | --- | 0.9 | 0.7 | --- | |
The c-values in Mb are also reported.
(a)Bold figures indicate the majority isochore families
(b)Figures in parentheses are overestimated (see the text)