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Table 1 In-silico analysis of whole genome sequences from 9 eukaryotic species ( Homo sapiens, Oryza sativa , Anopheles gambiae , Drosophila melanogaster , Arabidopsis thaliana , Caenorhabditis elegans , Plasmodium falciparum , Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Saccharomyces cerevisiae )

From: Genomic distribution of AFLP markers relative to gene locations for different eukaryotic species

 

Homo

Oryza

Anoph.

Droso.

Arab.

Caeno.

Plasm.

Schizo.

Sacch.

Genome size (Mb)

3003

382

230

120

119

100

23

13

12

GC% (gene sequences)

0.419

0.446

0.473

0.437

0.393

0.364

0.227

0.388

0.396

GC% (intergenic sequences)

0.402

0.432

0.433

0.403

0.313

0.341

0.144

0.345

0.347

Number of genes

36036

30295

12688

14604

33239

21175

5509

5060

6281

Mean (stand. dev.) gene length (kb)

35.5 (81.2)

3.0 (2.6)

5.9 (4.5)

6.3 (4.7)

2.1 (1.6)

2.9 (3.3)

2.5 (2.6)

1.4 (0.7)

1.4 (1.2)

Enzymes Eco RI/ Mse I

         

Number of AFLPs

459944

50437

28336

20767

22836

27345

2017

2748

2891

Mean distance between AFLPs (kb)

6.7

7.4

8.0

5.7

5.1

3.5

11.2

4.4

4.1

% AFLPs at a given distance from genes

       

0 kb (EXP*)

41 (43)

29 (25)

28 (32)

63 (63)

67 (59)

65 (59)

79 (59)

71 (60)

87 (73)

1 kb

43

42

36

71

89

83

96

94

99

10 kb

53

80

64

92

99

100

100

99

100

% Genes with AFLPs at a given distance

       

0 kb (EXP**)

48 (99)

33 (38)

27 (46)

35 (59)

34 (37)

47 (57)

23 (25)

31 (32)

31 (33)

1 kb

63

50

45

56

55

70

31

56

57

10 kb

92

95

93

96

98

100

85

100

99

Enzymes Bsm I/ Taq I

       

Number of AFLPs

101630

31357

35330

21155

10441

12518

464

1751

1475

% AFLPs at 0 kb from genes

45

30

33

64

73

69

92

76

84

Enzymes Sac I/ Hpa II

       

Number of AFLPs

131756

45330

17529

10234

6579

7098

19

406

467

% AFLPs at 0 kb from genes

52

29

39

72

86

75

100

89

87

  1. * Expected value calculated as (Mean gene length × Number of genes)/sequenced genome size.
  2. ** Expected value calculated as 1 – exp[−average number of AFLPs within genes].