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Table 1 Comparison between the predicted protein coding genes of D. purpureu m and D. discoideu m

From: Comparative genomics of the social amoebae Dictyostelium discoideum and Dictyostelium purpureum

Feature

D. purpureum

D. discoideum a

Genome size (Mb)

33

34

Number of genes

12,410

13,541

Gene density (kb per gene)

2.66

2.5

Mean gene length (nucleotides)

1,760

1,756

Intron per gene (spliced genes)

1.51

1.9

Mean intron length (nucleotides)

177

146

Mean protein length (amino acids)

483

518

  1. aFrom [1].