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Table 2 The genome content and annotation of Ch. tentans

From: The Chironomus tentans genome sequence and the organization of the Balbiani ring genes

Genome

 

Genome size

~200 Mb

Karyotype

2n = 8

GC content

31.2%

High copy repeat content

 

Complex repeats

11%

Minisatellites/Low-complexity repeats

4%

Coding regions (excluding introns/UTRs)

9%

Transcripts

 

Assembled transcripts (sequences/clusters)

107,717/66,004

High-confidence transcripts

9,613

Annotation

 

Predicted coding gene loci

15,120

Fraction of genes with introns

83%

Average exon/intron size

312 bp/1,103 bp

Largest intron size

97 Kb

Fraction of short (<80 bp) introns

41%

  1. UTR: Untranslated region.