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Table 3 Summary statistics for high-quality avian nuclear genomes

From: New insights into the phylogenetics and population structure of the prairie falcon (Falco mexicanus)

Species

Reference

Estimated # genes

Mean gene length

Mean exons per gene

Mean exon length

Mean intron length

Anas platyrhynchos

[118]

19,144

20,574

8.2

164

2664

Coereba flaveola

[119]

16,484

20,910

–

145

1854

Columbia livia

[91]

17,300

18,364

8.5

166

2271

Falco mexicanus

This study

16,320

16,289

9.9

148

2470

Falco peregrinus

[57]

16,263

20,646

8.9

173

2395

Falco cherrug

[57]

16,204

19,314

8.8

173

2250

Gallus gallus

[120]

17,040

16,702

8.0

166

2203

Pseudopodoces humilis

[121]

17,520

19,840

9.3

170

2208