Table 10 Comparison of the number and features of predicted genes in the S. monotuberculatus genome with those of four other echinoderm species.
Species | Number | Single exon gene | Average transcript length (bp) | Average CDS length (bp) | Average exons per gene | Average exon length (bp) | Average intron length (bp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acanthaster planci | 16,463 | 8.39% | 13,480 | 1,851 | 10 | 192 | 1,348 |
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus | 28,821 | 15.71% | 10,885 | 1,422 | 6 | 219 | 1,725 |
Holothuria leucospilota | 37,209 | 25.02% | 18,434 | 1,350 | 6 | 240 | 2,960 |
Apostichopus japonicus | 19,828 | 11.60% | 14,590 | 1,573 | 8 | 195 | 1,845 |
Stichopus monotuberculatus | 29,596 | 11.67% | 16,701 | 1,384 | 7 | 201 | 2,251 |