Table 7

Names and sequence information of ten mammals and other vertebrates

Common name

Species name

Sequence build

Data source

Mammal

Human

Homo sapiens

35.1

NCBI [44]

Chimpanzee

Pan troglodytes

2.1

NCBI [44]

Macaque

Macaca mulatta

1.1

NCBI [44]

Mouse

Mus musculus

34.1

NCBI [44]

Rat

Rattus norvegicus

4.1

NCBI [44]

Dog

Canis familiaris

2.1

NCBI [44]

Cow

Bos taurus

3.1

NCBI [44]

Horse

Equus caballus

1.1

NCBI [44]

Opossum

Monodelphis domestica

2.1

NCBI [44]

Platypus*

Ornithorhynchus anatinus

1.1

NCBI [44]

Non-mammal vertebrate

Chicken^†

Gallus gallus

2.1

NCBI [44]

Green anole lizard^‡

Anolis carolinensis

anoCar1

UCSC [30]

Tetraodon

Tetraodon nigroviridis

tetNig1

UCSC [30]

Stickleback

Gasterosteus aculeatus

gasAcu1

UCSC [30]

Medaka

Oryzias latipes

oryLat1

UCSC [30]

Zebrafish

Danio rerio

danRer5

UCSC [30]

Fugu^‡

Takifugu rubripes

fr2

UCSC [30]

*The platypus genome was partially assembled. Only chromosomes 1-7, 10-12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, X1-X3, and X5 were available. ^†Only chromosomes 1-28, 32, W, and Z were available. ^‡No assembled chromosomes.

Han et al. Genome Biology 2008 9:R79   doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-5-r79