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. 2010 Oct 12;5:59. doi: 10.1186/1745-6150-5-59

Table 4.

The amounts of effective information of eukaryotes

Species name x W(g) Gene or I1 I (bit) C (bit) I/C
S. pombe (yeast) 5,206 9.5e-11 1.4e7bits[34] 1.59e7 2.76e7[35] 58%
S. cerevisiae (yeast) 5,570[36] 9.5e-11 1.7e7bits[34] 1.91e7 2.42e7[37] 79%
C. reinhardtii (green alga) 16,043 9.5e-11 3.3e7bits[34] 3.97e7 2.4e8[38] 17%
P. tetraurelia(ciliate) 39,642[39] 1.0e-7 2.2e7bits[34] 4.02e7 1.44e8[34] 28%
T. adhaerens(placozoa) 13,000* 1.57e-10 2.65e7bits[34] 4.68e7 9.8e7[20] 48%
H. magnipapillata(hydra) 14,622 4.0e-4 11,648* 5.67e7 2.3e9[34] 2.5%
S. mansoni(trematode) 17,077 9.5e-3 3.0e7bits[34] 6.59e7 7.6e8[34] 9.7%
C. elegans(nematode) 26,861 3.14e-7 4.97e7bits[34] 8.71e7 2.0e8[37] 43%
D. melanogaster(fly) 29,485 1.96e-3 3.9e7 bits[34] 1.09e8 3.6e8[40] 29%
L. scapularis(tick) 21,029 1.63e-2 20,467[34] 1.05e8 4.2e9[41] 2.5%
A. aegypti(mosquito) 25,773 0.02 15,419[42] 1.08e8 2.7e9[42] 4.0%
S. purpuratus(sea urchin) 22,721 52.3 23,300[43] 1.27e8 1.6e9[43] 7.9%
B. floridae(amphioxus) 25,304 0.15 21,900[44] 1.27e8 1.04e9[44] 12%
C. intestinalis(sea squirt) 49,265 15 4.2e7bits[34] 2.20e8 3.2e8[45] 69%
O. mykiss (fish) 44,687 10k 25,000* 2.48e8 5.38e9[46] 4.6%
Salmo salar(fish) 56,092 5,500 25,000* 3.02e8 5.97e9[46] 5.1%
Danio rerio (fish) 83,187 0.96 6.3e7bits[34] 3.72e8 2.8e9[37] 13%
X. laevis (frog) 58,885 200 30,000* 3.14e8 7.02e9[46] 4.5%
X. tropicalis(frog) 69,223 25 28,000[37] 3.45e8 3.4e9[37] 10%
G. gallus(chicken) 80,872 1000 6.59e7bits[47] 4.13e8 2.0e9[37] 21%
Bos Taurus (cow) 111,766 1300k 22,000[37] 5.28e8 6.0e9[37] 8.8%
R. norvegicus (rat) 119,411 300 9.35e7bits[47] 5.09e8 5.6e9[37] 9.1%
Sus scrofa (pig) 140,676 100k 22,000* 5.49e8 5.4e9[48] 10%
Mus musculus(mouse) 217,855 25 1.0e8bits[47] 6.34e8 5.0e9[37] 13%
Homo sapiens(human) 328,575 65k 9.0e7bits[47] 8.38e8 6.4e9[37] 13%
Vitis vinifera(grape) 35,343 500 23,335[34] 1.89e8 9.3e8[34] 20%
Oryza sativa(rice) 85,057 100 6.0e7bits[34] 4.10e8 8.4e8[37] 49%
T. aestivum(wheat) 87,079 100 48,000* 4.89e8 3.38e10[49] 1.4%
Zea mays(maize) 106,598 1000 32,000[37] 4.93e8 5.6e9[37] 8.8%