Table 1 Three estimates for the size of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome
From: Large-scale polymorphism of heterochromatic repeats in the DNA of Arabidopsis thaliana
Sequence class | AGI (2000) | Data source | Hosouchi et al. (2002) | Data source | Bennett et al. (2003) | Data source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genes | 51 | S | -- | Â | -- | Â |
Intergenic DNA | 59 | S | -- | Â | -- | Â |
Centromeres | 8 | L | 27 | P | 28 | L |
Distal rDNA | 7 | L | -- | Â | 10 to 12 | L |
Estimated total | 125 | Â | 146 | Â | 147 | Â |