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Table 1 Comparison of different ciliate macronuclear genomes

From: Genome plasticity in Paramecium bursaria revealed by population genomics

 

Paramecium bursaria

Paramecium caudatuma

Paramecium tetraureliab

Tetrahymena thermophilac

Oxytricha trifallaxd

Genome size (Mb)

26.8

30.5

72.1

103

55.4

Sequencing platform

PacBio and Illumina

Illumina

Shotgun sequencing and Illumina

Shotgun sequencing and Illumina

PacBio and Illumina

No. of contigs

515 (413 + 102 ISV)

1202

697

1158

19,152

Size distribution of chromosomes observed using pulsed-field electrophoresis (Kb)

6–90e

50–750f

50–1000g

21–1500f

0.4–40h

N50 (Kb)

100

312.9

413

520

3.5

Longest contig (Kb)

250

793

980

2216

66

Genomic GC content (%)

28.8

28.2

28.0

22.0

31.0

Gene number

15,101

18,673

40,460

26,996

18,400

Average gene length (bp)

1513

1458

1427

2400

1839

  1. ISV internal structure variation region
  2. aTaken from [46]
  3. bTaken from [47, 48]
  4. cTaken from [31, 49]
  5. dTaken from [37]
  6. eThis study
  7. fTaken from [50]
  8. gTaken from [47]
  9. hTaken from [51]