{"id":469,"date":"2019-12-15T10:24:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T15:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.briggsae.org\/?page_id=469"},"modified":"2023-03-19T19:47:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T23:47:24","slug":"genome-sizes-of-some-organisms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.briggsae.org\/?page_id=469","title":{"rendered":"Genome sizes of selected organisms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Information on this page has not been updated for a while! So, it may not be accurate.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Information on this page has not been updated for a while! So, it may not be accurate. Organism Size (bases) Genes Source Escherichia coli (Bacterium)  4.6 Million 3,000   Sacchromyces cerevisiae (Yeast) 15 Million 6,000   Neurospora crassa (Fungus) 39.9 Million 10,000 (Release Apr 2003)   C. elegans (Nematode) 100 Million 20,000 Wormbase WS108 release … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-469","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.briggsae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.briggsae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.briggsae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.briggsae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.briggsae.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.briggsae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":772,"href":"https:\/\/www.briggsae.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469\/revisions\/772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.briggsae.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}