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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Ebola virus species | Ebola virus | 5 | species | 111116 | Radzimanowski J, Effantin G... |
| Increase in density of neurons in cortex of females compared with males | Human Homo sapiens | ~4,000 | neurons/mm^3 higher in the female than in the male | 115166 | Haug H. Brain sizes, surfaces... |
| Decline in oocyte population in fetal ovary between 5th month of gestation and birth | Human Homo sapiens | 65 | % | 105640 | Hilscher W. Some remarks... |
| Pseudogenes | Human Homo sapiens | 2081 | Genes | 101482 | http://www.ensembl.o... |
| Age of viable bacteria extracted from amber | Bacteria Micrococcus luteus | 34,000 to170,000 | Years | 106140 | Greenblatt CL, Baum J... |
| Relative brain weight | Human Homo sapiens | 2-2.5 | Percent | 104074 | Amazing numbers in biology... |
| Macroscopic viscosity of the cytoplasm ηm | Bacteria Escherichia coli | 17.5 | Paхsec | 108527 | Kalwarczyk T, Tabaka M... |
| Ratio between mass specific brain and skin metabolic rates | Human Homo sapiens | 37 (Table - link) | unitless | 105788 | Leslie C. Aiello and... |
| Brain weight of Eurasian pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus) and sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) | Mammals | Sorex minutus 0.25: Physeter macrocephalus 9,000 | grams | 115167 | Haug H. Brain sizes, surfaces... |
| Fraction of cerebellum out of brain by volume [largest volume fraction of the cerebellum of all mammals] | African Elephant Loxodonta africana | ~30 | % | 115168 | Haug H. Brain sizes, surfaces... |
| Brain weight, encephalization quotient and number of cortical neurons in selected mammals | Mammals | Table - link | N/A | 106135 | Roth G, Dicke U. Evolution... |
| Degree of variability in macroscopic sizes of brain and cortex and in microscopic neuronal sizes | Human Homo sapiens | 15 - 20 | % above and below the mean | 115165 | Haug H. Brain sizes, surfaces... |
| Increase in recombination rate in female compared to male | Human Homo sapiens | 1.7 | Fold | 105921 | Petkov PM, Broman KW... |
| Fraction of Alzheimer's disease (AD) cases that are due to genetic mutations responsible for abnormal Amyloid-beta (Aβ) elevation and deposition in the brain | Human Homo sapiens | ~5 | % | 114384 | Lauretti E, Iuliano L... |
| Number of pseudogenes | vertebrates | chicken 51: mouse 14,000: rat 18,755: human 19,000 | pseudogenes | 110284 | Gregory TR. Synergy between... |
| Recently originated de novo genes discovered in diverse eukaryotic lineages | Eukaryotes | Table - link | N/A | 116990 | McLysaght A, Guerzoni... |
| Predicted number of neurons in elephant brains if they scaled according to rodent cellular scaling rules | Elephant sp. | 2.3e+10 (Table - link) | neurons | 109426 | Herculano-Houzel S. The... |
| Substitution rate per synonymous site | Bacteria Escherichia coli | 4.5E-09 (Table - link) | Substitutions/year | 105030 | Ochman H, Elwyn S, Moran... |
| Base substitution transcription error rate | Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans | ~4e-6 | misincorporations/site | 110503 | Gout JF, Thomas WK, Smith Z... |
| Fraction of Insertions-by-duplication out of all insertions in natural genomes | Eukaryotes | ~2/3 (approximately two-thirds) | unitless | 111536 | Kipnis Y, Dellus-Gur E... |