Species | Haploid genome size (Mb) | Haploid chromosome number | % coding DNA |
---|---|---|---|
E.Coli (bacteria) | 4 | 1 (circular) | 100 |
S. cerevisae (yeast) | 12 | 16 | 70 |
C. elegans (worm) | 100 | 7 | 25 |
A. thaliana (weed) | 130 | 5 | 31 |
D. melanogaster (fruit fly) | 170 | 4 | 33 |
Gallus domesticus (chicken) | 1,200 | 39 | |
M. musculus (mouse) | 3,000 | 20 | |
H. sapiens (human) | 3,000 | 23 | 15 |
Zea mays (maize) | 5,000 | 10 | |
Allium cepa (onion) | 15,000 | 8 | |
Fritillaria (plant) | 0.02 | ||
Protopterus (lungfish) | 140,000 | 0.7 |
Type | Length (nucleotides) | Proportion in rapidly growing mammalian cell |
---|---|---|
mRNA | 100 - 10,000 | 5% |
tdNA | 100 | 15% |
rRNA | 2,000 - 5,000 | 80% |