The isochore patterns of invertebrate genomes

BMC Genomics

Table 1 Relative amounts (A), average GC (B) and average size (C) of isochore families from the multicellular eukaryotes under analysis.

	L1	L2	H1	H2	H3	c-value
A) Relative amount
*C. intestinalis*	^(a) 84.7	14.9	0.3	---	---	94.4
*C. elegans*	90.6	9.4		---	---	100.5
*D. melanogaster*	1.1	20.8	75.0	3.1	---	118.7
*D. simulans*	0.8	12.2	82.0	0.1	---	109.4
*D. yakuba*	1.1	14.0	78.7	6.2	---	119.3
*A. gambiae*	0.5	9.9	58.3	31.3	---	228.4
*Human*	19.0	37.0	31.0	11.0	3.0
*D. rerio*	75.7	23.3	---	---	---	1548.5
*O. latipes*	---	71.0	23.7	---	---	725.6
*T. nigroviridis*	---	---	55.3	37.8	---	220.0
B) Average GC
*C. intestinalis*	35.5	38.3	41.7	---	---
*C. elegans*	35.4	37.9	---	---	---
*D. melanogaster*	35.3	40.0	42.9	47.2	---
*D. simulans*	35.6	39.9	43.1	47.0	---
*D. yakuba*	35.7	40.1	43.0	47.0	---
*A. gambiae*	35.8	39.6	44.2	47.2	---
*Human*	36.0	38.9	43.1	48.7	54.5
*D. rerio*	36.0	38.2	---	---	---
*O. latipes*		39.9	42.3	---	---
*T. nigroviridis*	---	---	44.4	48.2	---
C) Average size (Mb)
*C. intestinalis*	0.5	0.1	0.06	---	---
*C. elegans*	^b (3.37)	0.5	---	---	---
*D. melanogaster*	1.3	0.5	(1.6)	0.5	---
*D. simulans*	0.9	0.4	(2)	0.5	---
*D. yakuba*	1.3	0.4	(1.7)	0.5	---
*A. gambiae*	0.6	0.7	(1.27)	1.0	---
*Human*	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.7
*D. rerio*	0.8	0.5	---	---	---
*O. latipes*	---	2.8	0.9	---	---
*T. nigroviridis*	---	---	0.9	0.7	---

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