Table 1 Genome statistics

From: Biology and genome of a newly discovered sibling species of Caenorhabditis elegans

 

C. inopinata

C. elegans

C. briggsae

Assembly size (Mb)

123.0

100.3

108.4

Number of scaffolds

6 + 1

6 + 1

367

Average (kb)

17,573

14,327

295

Largest scaff (kb)

23,638

20,924

21,541

N50 (kb)

20,595

17,494

17,485

L50 (n)

3

3

3

Gaps (bp)

413,509

0

2,967,626

GC (%)

38.47

35.44

37.35

Num. coding genes

21,608

20,247

21,814

Coding gene size (median; bp)

1992

1972

1964

Total coding genes (Mb)

66.0

63.3

64.7

Protein similarity (vs. C. elegans)

81.3%

NA

80.4%

Synteny coverage (vs. C. elegans)

76.3%

NA

68.7%

Complete BUSCOs (protein)

98.1%

99.6%

98.4%