Genome Size Evolution in Pufferfish: A Comparative Analysis of Diodontid and Tetraodontid Pufferfish Genomes

Table 2.

Repetitive Classes in Fugu rubripes and Diodon hystrix Genomic DNA

Species Class Fraction (%) Frequency (copies/genome) Complexity (bp) Log cot1/2 (M sec)
F. rubripes Foldback 18
Repetitive  3 9.0 × 105 140 −3.3
Single copy 79   1 3.8 × 108 2.6
D. hystrix Foldback  7
Repetitive 22 150 6.4 × 106 0.8
Single copy 71   1 9.6 × 108 3.0

  • ↵The estimated length of the longest nonrepeating sequence in the class.

  • ↵The value at which half of the DNA belonging to the class has renatured.

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