Table 2. Comparison of the Nuclear Genome Assemblies of F. gigantica and Related Parasitic Flukes.
| F. gigantica (present work) | F. gigantica(32) | F. hepatica(31) | F. hepatica(30) | O. viverrini(26) | C. sinensis(28,29) | S. japonicum(22) | S. haematobium(24,25) | S. mansoni(23) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genome size | 1.04 Gb | 1.13 Gb | 1.13 Gb | 1.27 Gb | 634.5 Mb | 320.5 Mb | 397 Mb | 385 Mb | 364 Mb |
| number of genes | 20 858 | 13 940 | 14 851 | 22 676 | 16 379 | 28 407 | 13 469 | 13 073 | 13 184 |
| mean number of exons per gene | 3 | 5.9 | 3.18 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 7.7 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 6 |
| mean exon length (bp) | 302.5 | 1376 | 257 | 303 | 254 | 312 | 222 | 246 | 222 |
| mean intron length (bp) | 2612 | 3982 | NA | 3700 | 3531 | 359 | 2059 | 2442 | 2407 |
| total GC content (%) | 43.76 | 41.80 | 44 | 47.80 | 34.06 | 33.50 | 34.30 | 34.70 |