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Table 1 Genome-wide statistics for the Echinococcus canadensis (G7) assembly and gene predictions

From: The Echinococcus canadensis (G7) genome: a key knowledge of parasitic platyhelminth human diseases

Genome statistics

Size of genome (Mb)

115

GC content (%)

42

Number of contigs

9326

N50 (Kb)

75

Largest contig (Kb)

574

Deep coverage

55×

Number of predicted genes

11,449

Gene density per Mb

13

Length of proteome (amino acids)

4,915,068

Maximum protein length (amino acids)

7886

Average protein length (amino acids)

440

Average exon length (bp)

219

Median exon length (bp)

159

Average exons per transcript

6

Median exons per transcript

4

Total length of contained introns (Kb)

40,117

Average intron length (bp)

714

Median intron length (bp)

273