Table 1.
Comparison between the minimum numbers of origins (estimated using two different v values) and the constitutive origins detected by MFA-seq technique.
| T. brucei | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chromosome | estimated chromosome size | minimum number of origins estimated using v = 3.7 kb.min−1 17 | minimum number of origins estimated using v = 1.84 kb.min−1 3 | constitutive origins mapped by MFA-seq16 |
| I | 1064,672 kb | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| II | 1193,948 kb | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| III | 1653,225 kb | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| IV | 1590,432 kb | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| V | 1802,303 kb | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| VI | 1618,915 kb | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| VII | 2205,233 kb | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| VIII | 2481,19 kb | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| IX | 3542,885 kb | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| X | 4144,375 kb | 5 | 9 | 6 |
| XI | 5223,313 kb | 6 | 11 | 8 |
S-phase duration = 138.6 min (current study).