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Genome Size of organisms
| Organism | Size (bases) | Genes | Source |
| Escherichia coli (Bacterium) | 4.6 Million |
3,000 |
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| Sacchromyces cerevisiae (Yeast) | 15 Million |
6,000 |
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| Neurospora crassa (Fungus) |
39.9 Million |
10,000 (Release Apr 2003) |
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| C. elegans (Nematode) |
100 Million |
20,000 |
Wormbase WS108 release |
| C. briggsae (Nematode) |
104 Million |
20,000 (Release Sept 2003) |
Stein et al., PLoS Biology 2003 |
| Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly) |
120 Million |
13,000 |
Flybase release 3.1 |
| Anapheles gambiae (Mosquito) | 280 Million | 13,600 |
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| Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (sea urchin) | 814 Million | 23,300 |
Science 2006, vol. 314, 941-952 |
| Ciona intestinalis (Ascidian sea squirt) |
160 Million |
15,800 |
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| Fugu rubripes (Pufferfish) |
365 Million |
38,000 |
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| Danio rario (Zebrafish) |
1.7 Billion ? |
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| Monodelphus domestica (opossum/metatherian/marsupial) |
3.5 billion |
20,000 | Nature 2007, vol. 447, 167-177 |
| Mouse |
3 billion |
30,000 |
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| Gallus gallus (Chicken) |
1.2 Billion |
Nature 2004, vol. 432, 679-680 | |
| Xenopus laevis (Frog) |
3 Billion |
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| Human | 3 Billion |
23,000 |
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| Human: largest chromosome (chr 1) | 250 Million | ||
| Human: smallest chromosome (Y) | 50 Million | ||
| Daphnia pulex (crustacean/water-flea) | 200 Million | 31,000 | Science 2011, vol. 331, pp. 555-561 |
| Arabidopsis thaliana (flower) |
100 Million |
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| Rice cereal (subspecies: indica) |
465 Million |
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