The genome and life-stage specific transcriptomes of Globodera pallidaelucidate key aspects of plant parasitism by a cyst nematode

Table 1 Comparison of the Globodera pallida genome with selected other published nematode genomes

	Clade IV				Clade V	Clade III
	Globodera pallida	Bursaphelenchus xylophilus	Meloidogyne hapla	Meloidogyne incognita	C. elegans	Brugia malayi
Estimated genome size (Mb)	100	63–75	54	47–51	100	90–95
Haploid chromosome number	9	6	16	Varies	6	6
Assembly length (Mb)	124.7	74.6	53	86	100	95.8
Scaffolds ( n )	6,873	1,231	1,523	2,817	7	8,180
Scaffold N50 (kb)	122	1,158	84	83	17,493	94
Longest scaffold (kb)	600	3,612	360	593	20,924	6,534
GC content	36.7	40.4	27.4	31.4	35.4	30.5
Gene models ( n )	16,419	18,074	14,420	19,212	20,056	18,348
Mean protein length (aa)	361	345	310	354	440	312
CEGMA completeness	81/85	97/98	95/96	73/77	100/100	95/96
(% complete/partial)

ISSN: 1474-760X