Chromosome-level genome assembly for giant panda provides novel insights into Carnivora chromosome evolution

Table 2 The statistics and characteristics of the giant panda chromosomes

Chromosome	Chromosome size (Mb)	Anchored scaffold number	Anchored gene number	Percentage of repetitive sequences (%)	GC content (%)
Chr1	212.77	17	1481	38.05	39.16
Chr2	199.81	12	1772	39.82	40.34
Chr3	147.63	6	1073	38.72	39.92
Chr4	144.79	7	1731	38.25	42.48
Chr5	130.99	7	1176	41.13	39.98
Chr6	131.59	12	1060	39.53	41.69
Chr7	141.53	8	1033	37.81	39.88
Chr8	129.25	9	1466	39.82	41.59
Chr9	103.69	11	675	39.84	40.63
Chr10	110.58	5	1166	37.68	41.71
Chr11	110.51	5	825	39.06	39.87
Chr12	81.78	11	1536	38.12	45.88
Chr13	92.46	8	1471	37.06	45.13
Chr14	106.65	8	853	37.09	41.43
Chr15	91.61	8	764	39.04	41.21
Chr16	91.34	10	1421	39.06	41.88
Chr17	42.25	3	460	38.90	43.41
Chr18	38.12	3	236	39.59	38.94
Chr19	35.68	1	246	39.93	38.20
Chr20	30.94	2	332	40.72	38.32
ChrX	112.85	11	874	52.54	40.13
Sum	2286.84	164	21,651	–	–

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