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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of genomes in plastid | Green algae Chlamydomonas | 5-80 | copies/plastid | 102765 | Staub JM, Maliga P. Long... |
| Number of plastid per cell | Green algae Chlamydomonas | 1 | plastid/cell | 102766 | Staub JM, Maliga P. Long... |
| Size of circular plastid genome | Plants | 1.2*10^5-1.6*10^5 | bp | 102759 | Svab Z, Maliga P. Hi... |
| Number of genome copies per plastid | Green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii | 5-80 | Genome copies/plastid | 107105 | Staub JM, Maliga P. Long... |
| Number of plastomes (plastid genomes) | Unicellular eukaryote Apicomplexa spp. | 15 to 25 | Copies/cell | 106240 | Seeber F, Soldati-Favre... |
| Number of plastid genomes per cell | Tobacco Nicotiana tabacum | 500-10,000 | Chloroplast genome copies/cell | 102758 | Staub JM, Maliga P. Long... |
| Nuclear/plastid gene gun transformation efficiency ratio | Tobacco Nicotiana tabacum | 10-100 | unitless | 102763 | Svab Z, Maliga P. Hi... |
| Mean number of starch grains per plastid in leaf cells | Thale cress Arabidopsis thaliana | 2.4 | grains/plastid | 100829 | Ramonell, K. M., Kuang... |
| Percent of genes acquired from cyanobacterial ancestor of plastid | Thale cress Arabidopsis thaliana | 18 | % | 103093 | Martin W, Rujan T, Richly E... |
| Genome size of chloroplast (smallest genome of a photosynthetic eukaryote's plastid) | Chlorarachniophyte Bigelowiella natans | 69.2 | kbp | 105425 | Rogers MB, Gilson PR... |
| Number of genes in plastome (plastid genome) of higher plants | Plants | 130 | Genes | 106553 | Huang CY, Ayliffe MA... |
| Increase in number of genomes per plastid from 3 to 7 days-old plants | Thale cress Arabidopsis thaliana | ~40 on day 3: 600 on day 7 | Genomes/plastid | 107103 | Fujie M, Kuroiwa H, Kawano S... |
| Size of molecules diffusing freely through outer membrane of plastid | Plants | <=10 | kDa | 103659 | Schunemann D, Borchert S... |
| Number and total amount (in kilobases) of NUPTs and NUMTs in the available nuclear genome sequences from plastid-harboring eukaryotes | Eukaryotes | Table - link | N/A | 112652 | Smith DR, Crosby K, Lee... |
| Synthesis rate of RBCL [Rubisco plastid-encoded large subunit] and RBCS [Rubisco nucleus-encoded small subunit] in the light period and the night | Thale cress Arabidopsis thaliana | Table - link | N/A | 112884 | Ishihara H, Obata T,... |
| Number of genomes per chloroplast in buds | Pea Pisum sativum | 224 (±80) | Genome copies/chloroplast | 107108 | Boffey SA, Leech RM.... |
| Number of plastids in cell | Tobacco Nicotiana tabacum | 10-100 | plastids/cell | 102764 | Staub JM, Maliga P. Long... |
| Estimated divergence time of plants and animals | Eukaryotes | 1609 (±60) | Mya | 105204 | Hedges SB, Blair JE,... |
| Number of genomes per chloroplasts in mature wheat chloroplasts | Wheat Triticum aestivum | 310 to 320 Table - link | Genome copies/chloroplast | 107107 | Boffey SA, Leech RM.... |
| Probable number of genes in plastid's ancestral cyanobacterial genome | bacteria | >=3000 | Genes | 106554 | Huang CY, Ayliffe MA... |