Table 1 |
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Comparison of the genome properties of Thalassiosira pseudonana and Phaeodactylum tricornutum genomes* |
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Thalassiosira pseudonana |
Phaeodactylum tricornutum |
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Genome size (Mb) |
32.4 |
27.4 |
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Predicted genes |
11,776 |
10,402 |
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Introns |
17,880 |
8,169 |
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Number of chromosomes |
24 |
33 |
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G+C content |
About 48% |
About 47% |
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Percentage of genome that is non-coding |
About 97% |
About 94% |
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ESTs in GenBank |
61,913 |
133,871 |
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Vardi et al. Genome Biology 2008 9:245 doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-12-245 |
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