Table 12.
Repetitive DNA Content of Some Annotated Animal Genomes (data source—http://www.repeatmasker.org/genomicDatasets/RMGenomicDatasetsAlt.html).
| Species | Genome Size | Fraction Total Repetitive DNA (Interspersed Mobile DNA) |
|---|---|---|
| Primates | ||
| Human Homo sapiens | 3,049,315,783 bp | 52.58% (48.49%) |
| Orangutan Pongo pygmaeus abelii | 3,093,543,172 bp | 52.16% (48.79%) |
| Gorilla Gorilla gorilla gorilla | 2,822,760,080 bp | 49.43% (46.12%) |
| Gibbon Nomascus leucogenys | 2,756,609,047 bp | 51.96% (47.90%) |
| Chimp Pan troglodytes | 2,902,338,967 bp | 51.72% (48.77%) |
| Other Mammals | ||
| Mouse Mus musculus | 2,652,783,500 bp | 45.03% (41.73%) |
| Cow Bos taurus | 2,804,673,174 bp | 49.38% (47.98%) |
| Killer whale Orcinus orca | 2,249,582,112 bp | 44.53% (43.23%) |
| Dolphin Tursiops truncatus | 2,332,402,443 bp | 44.00% (41.24%) |
| Squirrel Spermophilus tridecemlineatus | 2,311,060,300 bp | 36.30% (34.32%) |
| Elephant Loxodonta africana | 3,118,565,340 bp | 57.63% (56.38%) |
| Microbat Myotis lucifugus | 1,966,419,868 bp | 37.03% (35.51%) |
| Megabat Pteropus vampyrus | 1,839,436,660 bp | 35.82% (33.40%) |
| Birds | ||
| Chicken Gallus gallus | 1,032,854,810 bp | 11.47% (9.74%) |
| Zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata | 1,222,864,691 bp | 8.45% (7.17%) |
| Mallard duck Anas platyrhynchos | 1,069,972,754 bp | 6.53% (4.69%) |
| Reptiles | ||
| Lizard Anolis carolinensis | 1,701,353,767 bp | 36.01% (34.26%) |
| Alligator Alligator mississippiensis | 2,098,626,832 bp | 37.68% (36.96%) |
| Gharial crocodile Gavialis gangeticus | 2,139,715,393 bp | 37.55% (36.86%) |
| Painted turtle Chrysemys picta bellii | 2,158,289,746 bp | 30.86% (30.20%) |
| Amphibian | ||
| Western clawed frog Xenopus tropicalis | 1,365,936,747 bp | 34.91% (31.88%) |
| Fish | ||
| Coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae | 2,183,592,768 bp | 9.13% (6.82%) |
| Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus | 446,627,861 bp | 5.78% (3.23%) |
| Fugu Takifugu rubripes | 350,961,831 bp | 8.66% (5.92%) |
| Spotted gar Lepisosteus oculatus | 869,414,359 bp | 1.20% (0.00%) |
| Lower vertebrate | ||
| Lamprey Petromyzon marinus | 647,368,134 bp | 35.46% (30.35%) |
| Chordate | ||
| Lancelet amphioxus Branchiostoma floridae | 480,418,582 bp | 13.63% (12.35%) |
| Insects | ||
| Bee Apis mellifera | 231,030,884 bp | 6.21% (0.24%) |
| Mosquito Anopheles gambiae | 263,156,584 bp | 14.10% (11.34%) |
| Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster | 162,367,812 bp | 28.61% (20.44%) |
| Mollusca | ||
| Sea hare mollusk Aplysia californica | 619,228,092 bp | 13.00% (4.86%) |
| Echinoderm | ||
| Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus | 809,969,717 bp | 18.00% (13.82%) |
| Nematodes | ||
| Caenorhabditis briggsae | 105,451,667 bp | 20.07% (16.02%) |
| Caenorhabditis elegans | 100,286,070 bp | 12.59% (10.31%) |
| Tunicate | ||
| Ciona intestinalis | 141,233,565 bp | 16.57% (14.82%) |