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Genome Overview and Statistics

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Note: mitochondrial genome not included in statistics, except when referred to directly
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UPDATED 05-06-08
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Genome Structure and Organisation
Genome size (sequenced/total) 12.5 Mb (~14.1 Mb)
Chromosome number 3
Chromosome size range 3.5 - 5.7 Mb
Centromere size 35 - 110 Kb
Gene density (mean bp/gene) 2508 bp
Mean gene length 1416 bp
Overall GC content 36.0%
GC content in protein coding sequence 39.6%
GC content in intergenic sequence 30.6%
Replication origins ~400
Replication origin sizes 0.5 - 1 Kb
Mitochondrial genome 20 Kb (11 genes)
Gene Number
Gene number (protein coding) 5027
Gene number (excluding dubious) 4970
tRNA genes 196
5.8S, 18S, 26S rRNA genes 100-120 tandem repeats (2 arrays)
5S rRNA genes 31 dispersed genes
Small nuclear RNA (snRNA) genes 7
Small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA) genes 52
Other non coding RNA genes (published) 5
Other non coding RNA genes (predicted) 490
Pseudogenes (excluding wtf) 42
Gene Structure
Genes with introns (excludes introns in UTRs) 2298 (45.9%)
Intron number (excludes introns in UTRs) 4793
Mean intron length 81 bp (27 bp - 817 bp)
Mean UTR length (3') (from PMID:18488015) 152 bp
Mean UTR length (5') (from PMID:18488015) 169 bp
Intergenic Distance (between protein coding genes)
Intergene regions (mean/median)(from PMID:11859360) 952 bp/423 bp
Mean distance between divergent genes (from PMID:11859360) 1341 bp
Mean distance between tandem genes (from PMID:11859360) 955 bp
Mean distance between convergent genes (from PMID:11859360) 558 bp
Transposon Related
Tf type transposons 13 (2 pseudo)
Long terminal repeats (LTRs) solo, intact 274
wtf elements (with tf2 type LTRs) 25 (10 pseudo)
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