Table 4.
The basic features of chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes in C. melo.
| Features | Chloroplast | Mitochondrion |
|---|---|---|
| Genome size (bp) | 156,017 | 2,906,673 |
| Chromosome number | 1 | 3 |
| GC (%) | 36.9 | 44.77 |
| Gene number | 132 | 88 |
| Protein genes number | 87 | 40 |
| Protein genes sequence (bp) | 80,433 (51.62%) | 37,140 (1.28%) |
| Genes with intron (cis/trans) | 18/1 | 10/3 |
| Intron no. (cis/trans) | 24/2 | 17/5 |
| Cis-splicing intron (bp) | 20,286 (13.02%) | 40,886 (1.41%) |
| tRNA number (type) | 37 (30) | 40 (17) |
| tRNA sequence (bp) | 2820 (1.81%) | 3284 (0.11%) |
| rRNA number (type) | 8 (4) | 8 (3) |
| rRNA sequence (bp) | 10,620 (6.81%) | 5815 (0.20) |
The count excluding the gene duplicates. The note is applicable only to the numbers mentioned in brackets for features tRNA number and rRNA number.