Table 2

Statistical assessment of ELXRdb for mouse and human compared with analogous statistics initially reported by the public human genome sequencing project


Mouse
Human
HGC [1]

Dataset



Total RefSeq mRNAs processed
5,110
12,260
1,804
Number of primer pairs successfully designed
59,874
179,065

Number of exons processed
44,715
123,757

Single-exon genes
348
853





Averages



Intron size
3,644 bp
4,573 bp
3,365 bp
Internal intron size
3,057 bp
3,876 bp

Exon size
218 bp
244 bp

Exon number
8.7
10
8.8
Initial exon size
204 bp
240 bp

Terminal exon size
633 bp
874 bp

Internal exon size
143 bp
151 bp
145 bp
Coding-sequence nucleotides
1,315 bp
1,558 bp
1,340 bp
Coding sequence amino acids
438
520
447
Genomic extent
38 kb
62 kb
27 kb

Exon statistics were compiled from Sim4. Coding sequences are as defined in GenBank annotation. Empty fields in the HGC column indicate that there were no values for these measures provided in [1].

Schageman et al. Genome Biology 2004 5:R36  

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