Table 1

Number of genes and transcripts of different types in the three mammalian genomes

Type
HSPD
MMPD
RNPD


Gene*
Transcript
Gene
Transcript
Gene
Transcript

RefSeq
17,354
22,425
16,329
17,438
6,400
6,807
mRNA
8,846
106,279
2,641
40,552
1,967
11,116
Ensembl
3,160
33,653
6,601
31,022
14,276
27,989
RefSeq_XM
2,400
6,105
4,974
5,829
3,021
15,023
TwinScan
3,189
25,633
4,528
25,583
5,015
25,499
EST
0
4,488,530
0
3,254,853
0
477,321
Total
34,949
4,682,625
35,073
3,375,277
30,679
563,755

*Number of genes in non-overlapping gene types. Number of all transcripts of this type.

Xuan et al. Genome Biology 2005 6:R72   doi:10.1186/gb-2005-6-8-r72