Table 4. Prediction of protein-coding genes.

Methods / Tools		Gene number	Exons per gene	Average length (bp)
Gene	CDS			Exon	Intron
Homologous comparison	H. sapiens	34,654	5.21	15,443.28	1,052.42	202.17	3,421.74
	B. taurus	26,310	5.55	16,413.01	1,154.44	207.95	3,352.45
	B. bubalus	71,084	3.64	8,528.97	779.38	214.37	2,940.32
	O. aries	73,148	3.48	8,194.63	732.05	210.60	3,013.96
	C. bactrianus	25,194	6.60	20,193.20	1,269.57	192.35	3,378.97
RNA-seq		81,311	8.05	37,959.37	3,869.12	480.89	4,838.45
Ab initio prediction	Augustus	36,909	4.67	14,638.62	1,002.89	214.88	3,718.34
	GlimmerHMM	557,641	2.41	4,014.61	424.63	176.26	2,547.72
	SNAP	128,744	3.53	25,890.73	530.45	150.38	10,034.10
	GenID	286,917	1.64	4,298.66	190.45	115.91	6,388.70
	GeneScan	71,999	5.48	24,967.54	920.23	168.05	5,372.64
EVM		44,470	3.92	16,031.05	957.78	194.69	3,845.72
Final set		22,473	8.61	34,536.59	1,449.48	172.73	4,476.40