Table S1. Genome characteristics of 26 fully sequenced animals.
Species
Aedes aegypti
Anopheles gambiae
Apis mellifera
Bombyx mori
Bos taurus
Caenorhabditis briggsae
Caenorhabditis elegans
Canis familiaris
Ciona intestinalis
Danio rerio
Daphnia pulex
Drosophila melanogaster
Drosophila mojavensis
Drosophila pseudoobscura
Drosophila yakuba
Gallus gallus
Homo sapiens
Macaca mulatta
Monodelphis domestica
Mus musculus
Pan troglodytes
Rattus norvegicus
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Takifugu rubripes
Tribolium castaneum
Xenopus tropicalis
1.
2.
3.
4.
Genome size
[MB]
1,380.0
258.6
260.0
470.0
1,743.1
104.0
100.3
2,443.8
156.0
1,097.9
199.0
118.3
193.8
150.0
168.6
939.6
3,080.9
3,543.0
3,475.0
2,621.5
3,109.2
2,717.8
814.0
365.0
160.0
1,700.0
Recombination
rate [cM/Mb]
0.16
0.83
15.70
7.30
1.69
2.64
2.74
1.04
20.21
2.91
6.95
2.44
3.05
3.75
2.33
4.29
1.17
0.58
0.25
0.65
0.81
0.62
4.38
3.32
3.57
0.73
AT-content
0.622
0.554
0.673
0.675
0.572
0.626
0.646
0.587
0.650
0.637
0.620
0.575
0.605
0.548
0.577
0.589
0.591
0.585
0.623
0.583
0.598
0.581
0.631
0.555
0.669
0.550
GC-mutational Chromosome Taxonomy References
pressure
number [n]
3
Insect
1; 2
0.786
3
Insect
3; 4
0.418
16
Insect
5; 6
1.271
28
Insect
7; 8
1.089
30
Mammal
9; 10
0.636
6
Nematode
11; 12
1.880
6
Nematode
12; 13
1.842
39
Mammal
14; 15
0.633
14
Ascidian
16; 17
1.649
25
Fish
18; 19
0.907
12
Crustacean
20; 21
1.012
4
Insect
22; 23
0.543
4
Insect
24; 25
0.621
5
Insect
25; 26
0.401
4
Insect
25; 27
0.469
39
Bird
28; 29
0.815
23
Mammal
30; 31
0.734
21
Mammal
32; 33
0.679
9
Mammal
34
0.909
20
Mammal
35; 36
0.779
24
Mammal
37
0.615
21
Mammal
38;
39
0.732
20 Echinoderm
40; 41
1.298
22
Fish
42; 43
0.546
10
Insect
44; 45
0.578
18
Frog
46; 47
1.201
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