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Table 1 Genome Basics

From: The lichen symbiosis re-viewed through the genomes of Cladonia grayi and its algal partner Asterochloris glomerata

Nuclear Genome

Cladonia grayi

Asterochloris glomerata

 Coverage

15x

24.8 x

 Number of scaffolds

414

151

 Genome size (Mb)

35

56

 Number of predicted genes

11,388

10,025

 Number expressed in thallus

9800 (86%)

7700 (77%)

 Genes per million bases

288

173

 Average # of introns per gene

3

9

 Average gene (mRNA) length

1800 (1650)

4240 (1400)

 Intergenic DNA

~ 45%

~ 26%

 Repetitive DNA

~ 10%

~ 5%

Organelle Genomes

Basepairs

Proteins

Unknown ORFs

tRNAs

 Fungal mitochondrion

50,836

15

1

26

 Algal mitochondrion

11,0932

32

18

25

 Chloroplast

217,546

73

1

30