Building better genome annotations across the tree of life

Table 2.

Information on genomes for which annotations were generated in this study

Speciesa Taxonomic group Genome size (Mb)
Danaus plexippus Lepidopterans 240.1
Bombyx mori Lepidopterans 406.8
Heliconius erato demophoon Lepidopterans 377.6
Drosophila melanogaster Dipterans 143.7
Drosophila pseudoobscura Dipterans 163.3
Drosophila yakubab Dipterans 147.9
Homo sapiens Mammals 3110.7
Canis familiaris Mammals 2396.9
Mus musculus Mammals 2654.6
Macaca mulattab Mammals 2936.9
Gallus gallus Birds 1049.9
Coturnix japonicab Birds 917.3
Anas platyrhynchos Birds 1184.3
Arabidopsis thaliana Rosid plants 119.5
Arabidopsis lyrateb Rosid plants 183.9
Brassica oleracea Rosid plants 445.9
Capsella rubella Rosid plants 129.7
Zea mays Monocots 2179.0
Brachypodium distachyon Monocots 270.9
Oryza sativa Monocots 374.3
Setaria italicab Monocots 401.0
  • aSpecies in boldface indicate reference species.

  • bThe closest relative within the group to the reference species.

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  1. Genome Res. 35: 1261-1276

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