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Table 1 Summary of the average number of genes per genome across the taxonomic spectrum.

From: funRNA: a fungi-centered genomics platform for genes encoding key components of RNAi

Kingdom

Phylum

Subphylum

Argonaute*

Dicer*

RdRP*

Chromalveolata

  

0

0

0.15 (0-2)

Chromista

  

2.75 (0-6)

0.25 (0-1)

0.88 (0-3)

Fungi

Ascomycota

Pezizomycotina

2.66 (1-7)

1.9 (0-3)

3.04 (2-5)

  

Saccharomycotina

0.08 (0-1)

0

0

  

Taphrinomycotina

0.83 (0-1)

0.83 (0-1)

0.83 (0-1)

 

Basidiomycota

Agaricomycotina

5.68 (0-10)

2.46 (0-4)

6.93 (0-14)

  

Pucciniomycotina

2.25 (2-3)

2 (0-5)

3.25 (1-5)

  

Ustilaginomycotina

0

0

0

  

Wallemiomycetes**

0

0

0

  

Blastocladiomycetes**

8

1

0

 

Chytridiomycota

N/D

3.33 (2-6)

3.00 (3)

0.33 (0-1)

 

Microsporidia

N/D

0.50 (0-1)

0.25 (0-1)

0

 

Zygomycota

Mucoromycotina

2.33 (2-3)

1.33 (1-2)

4.00 (3-5)

Metazoa

  

9.88 (1-49)

2.24 (0-7)

1.27 (0-9)

Viridiplantae

Chlorophyta

 

0.90 (0-2)

0.40 (0-2)

0.30 (0-1)

 

Streptophyta

 

13.55 (6-25)

4.86 (0-11)

7.27 (3-14)

Other

eukaryotes

  

1.76 (0-14)

0.29 (0-3)

0.76 (0-4)

  1. * Range of number of genes is shown in parentheses.
  2. ** Class name is shown if no subphylum name is assigned.