Table 1 Hox cluster features of Nematoda and Nematomorpha from available high-quality genomes.

From: Evolutionary plasticity in nematode Hox gene complements and genomic loci arrangement

Taxon

Hox loci

Genome size

Genomic loci size

Cluster size

# non-HOX

  

(Mb)

(Mb)

(kb)

 

C. elegans

ChrIII

100

14

282

49

B. xylophilus

BXYJ5_Chr3

78

13

28

4

B. okinawensis

BOKI_Chr3

70

12

54

8

B. malayi

Bm_v4_Chr1_scaffold_001

90

15

186

8

O. volvulus

OVOC_OM3

96

17

187

10

P. sambesii

scaffold_1

187

22

29

7

S. pulchra

ptg000057l

109

1

52

5

T. suis

T_suis1.0_Cont0

64

4

89

15

A. australiensis

scaffold_3

201

38

_

288

G. montsenyensis

SUPER_6

288

32

_

471

Gordius aquaticus

Scaffold_5

288

26

_

402