| Range |
chicken 51: mouse 14,000: rat 18,755: human 19,000 pseudogenes
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| Organism |
vertebrates |
| Reference |
Gregory TR. Synergy between sequence and size in large-scale genomics. Nat Rev Genet. 2005 Sep6(9):699-708. p.703 left column bottom paragraph and right column top paragraphPubMed ID16151375
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| Primary Source |
(35.) International Chicken Genome Sequencing Consortium. Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution. Nature 432, 695–716 (2004). (31.) Mouse Genome Sequencing Consortium. Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genome. Nature 420, 520–562 (2002). (36.) Rat Genome Sequencing Project Consortium. Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution. Nature 428, 493–521 (2004). (46.) Harrison, P. M. et al. Molecular fossils in the human genome: identification and analysis of the pseudogenes in chromosomes 21 and 22. Genome Res. 12, 272–280 (2002).PubMed ID15592404, 12466850, 15057822, 11827946
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| Comments |
"As with transposable elements,
it seems that the total abundance of pseudogenes
(‘junk DNA’, properly defined) might correlate
positively with genome size, although overall these
elements constitute a relatively small fraction of
genome size. For example, only 51 pseudogenes are found in the chicken genome (primary source 35), 14,000 in the mouse (primary source 31),
18,755 in the rat (primary source 36) and 19,000 in the human (primary source 46), in
accordance with their rankings with respect to genome
size." |
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Uri M |
| ID |
110284 |