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Table 1 Genome characteristics of Apicomplexans

From: Comparative genomic analysis and phylogenetic position of Theileria equi

  

Speciesa

 

Features

Pf

Tp

Ta

Bb

Te

Size (Mbp)

22.8

8.3

8.35

8.2

11.6

Number of chromosomes

14

4

4

4

4

Total G+C composition (%)

19.4

34.1

32.5

41.8

39.5

Size of apicoplast genome (kbp)

35

39.5

Nre

33

47.8

Size of mitochondrial genome (kbp)b

6 L

6 L

6L

6 L

9 L

# of nuclear protein coding genes

5268

4035

3807

3670

5330

Average CDS length (bp)c

2283

1407

1600

1514

1472

Percent genes with introns

53.9

73.6

70.6

61.5

52.4

Mean length of intergenic region (bp)

1694

405

396

589

550

G+C composition of intergenic region

13.8

26.2

24.1

37

39.3

G+C composition of exons (%)

23.7

37.6

35.7

44

39.8

G+C composition of introns (%)

13.6

25.4

24.4

35.9

37.6

Percent coding

52.6

68.4

72.9

70.2

69.3

Gene densityd

4338

2057

2195

2228

2185

  1. a Pf = P. falciparum, Tp = T. parva, Ta = T. annulata, Bb = B. bovis, Te = T. equi.
  2. b L indicates the presence of a linear genome.
  3. c not including introns.
  4. d genome size/number of protein coding genes.
  5. e not reported.