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Number of protein-coding genes Bacteria Escherichia coli 4225 Genes 105443 Hu P. et al., Global...
Number of protein-coding genes Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae 5616 (Table - link) genes 105444 Byrne KP, Wolfe KH. The...
Number of protein-coding genes Thale cress Arabidopsis thaliana 20568 (Table - link) Unitless 105446 Rice Annotation Project...
Number of protein-coding genes Human Homo sapiens 19042 Unitless 105447 Church et al, Lineag...
Number of protein coding genes Amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum ~12500 unitless 105514 Eichinger et al., The...
Number of protein coding genes Placozoan Trichoplax adhaerens 11514 unitless 105515 Srivastava et al., The...
Number of protein-coding genes Ostreococcus tauri 8166 (Table - link) genes 105490 Derelle E. et al., Genome...
Number of transcription factor genes Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans 988 Unitless 105072 Haerty W, Artieri C, Khezri N...
Number of transcription factor genes Nematode Caenorhabditis briggsae 995 Unitless 105073 Haerty W, Artieri C, Khezri N...
Number of transcription factor genes Nematode Caenorhabditis remanei 1093 Unitless 105074 Haerty W, Artieri C, Khezri N...
Number of protein-encoding genes Corn Zea mays 32,540 genes 110565 Schnable et al., The...
Number of protein-coding genes Grass spp. Brachypodium distachyon 25,532: rice 28,236: sorghum 27,640 genes 111735 International Brachypodium...
Number of protein coding genes Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes 18759 genes 111372 Chimpanzee assembly and...
Number of different genes expressed Mammals ≤10,000 different genes/cell 111221 Islam S. et al., Quantitative...
Number of protease-coding genes Plants in rice >650: in Arabidopsis >800 genes 113553 Demir F, Niedermaier S...
Average number of rRNA genes per cell Bacteria Escherichia coli 12.4-35.9 Table - link unitless 102359 Bremer, H., Dennis, P....
Genome size, number of genes and chromosomes for a variety of selected organisms Various Table link Refs list link N/A 111493 Collected from various...
The genes of Mycoplasma genitalium categorized according to function and whether or not they were disrupted by transposon mutagenesis Bacteria Mycoplasma genitalium Table - link number of genes 116961 Peterson SN, Fraser CM....
Number of copies of rRNA genes in E. coli Bacteria Escherichia coli 7 unitless 100352 M. Nomura J.Bact. 18...
Number of genes encoding K+ channels Eukaryotes 1 S. cerevisiae: 68 C. elegans Gene 106435 Alberts, Molecular biology...