Eukaryotic genome size databases

By T. Ryan Gregory, J. Nicol, Heidi Tamm, B. Kullman, Kaur Kullman, Ilia J. Leitch, Brad R Murray, D. Kapraun, Johann Greilhuber, Michael D. Bennett. Nucleic Acids Res., 2006

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Three independent databases of eukaryotic genome size information have been launched or re-released in updated form since 2005: the Plant DNA C-values Database (), the Animal Genome Size Database () and the Fungal Genome Size Database (). In total, these databases provide freely accessible genome size data for >10 000 species of eukaryotes assembled from more than 50 years' worth of literature. Such data are of significant importance to the genomics and broader scientific community as fundamental features of genome structure, for genomics-based comparative biodiversity studies, and as direct estimators of the cost of complete sequencing programs.

Subfields: Cell Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science

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Insect mitochondrial genomics: implications for evolution and phylogeny. (2014, background): “[53] Gregory TR, Nicol JA, Tamm H, Kullman B, Kullman K, et al.”
Reconstruction of the vertebrate ancestral genome reveals dynamic genome reorganization in early vertebrates. (2007, background): “(Left) The phylogenetic tree of vertebrates, (right) the distribution of chromosome number in individual lineages ( Gregory et al. 2007; Animal Genome Size Database, http://www.genomesize.com).”
The Arabidopsis lyrata genome sequence and the basis of rapid genome size change (2011, methodology): “The insertion time T was calculated as T = K/(2) (r), with r as the rate of nucleotide substitution.”
Whole-genome duplication in teleost fishes and its evolutionary consequences (2014, background): “In contrast, although cells of salmonid fishes consistently have double the DNA content (Gregory et al. 2007) and chromosome arms (Phillips et al. 2009) as compared to their closest relatives, their chromosome numbers vary extensively between 26 and 51.”
Nuclear architecture of rod photoreceptor cells adapts to vision in mammalian evolution. (2009, background): “This correlation did not depend on genome size (Figure S7), which is rather constant in mammals (Gregory et al., 2007).”