Table 2 Comparison of the overall composition of annotated protein coding genes in the B. rapa sequence contigs and euchromatic counterparts in the A. thaliana genome
Feature | B. rapa | A. thaliana* |
|---|---|---|
Number of sequence contigs | 410 | Â |
Total sequence length (Mbp) | 65.8 | 75.3 |
Transposons (%) | 6 | 3 |
Number of protein coding genes | 15,762 | 19,639 |
   Number of exons per gene | 4.7 | 5.5 |
   Intron size (bp) | 141 | 162 |
   Exon size (bp) | 225 | 230 |
Average gene size (kbp) | 1.6 | 2.2 |
Average gene density (kbp/gene) | 4.2 | 3.8 |
Overall G/C content (%) | 35.2 | 35.8 |
   Exons | 46.3 | 44.6 |
   Introns | 32.6 | 32.0 |
   Intergenic regions | 31.3 | 31.8 |