Table 1 Genomic features of T. saginata and T. asiatica in comparison with other worms.
T. saginata | T. asiatica | T. solium * | E. multilocularis | H. microstoma | S. mansoni | C. elegans | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assembly size (Mb) | 169 | 168 | 131 | 114 | 141 | 365 | 100 |
GC content (%) | 43.2 | 43.2 | 43.5 | 42.2 | 36.0 | 35.2 | 35.4 |
Coding genes number | 13,161 | 13,323 | 11,902 | 10,506 | 10,141 | 10,772 | 20,469 |
Average gene length (Kb) | 6.0 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 15.4 | 3.1 |
Protein length (aa) | 464 | 466 | 444 | 505 | 490 | 477 | 453 |
Gene density (genes per Mb) | 77.9 | 79.3 | 90.9 | 92.2 | 71.9 | 29.5 | 201.0 |
Number of exons per gene | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.4 |
Mean length of exons (bp) | 237 | 244 | 237 | 220 | 229 | 226 | 212 |
Number of introns per gene | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
Mean length of introns (bp) | 864 | 831 | 775 | 684 | 862 | 2,460 | 354 |
GC content of exon (%) | 49.7 | 49.6 | 50.2 | 50.0 | 44.3 | 36.0 | 42.6 |
GC content of intron (%) | 41.5 | 41.2 | 40.8 | 39.9 | 34.6 | 34.7 | 32.5 |
Repeat content (%) | 10.4 | 10.9 | 18.1 | 10.9 | 7.6 | 40.0 | 17.0 |
tRNA number | 339 | 353 | 162 | 856 | 44 | 153 | 966 |
