Chloroplast Genetics, Table-1


Table-1: Genome Size Comparison of Chloroplasts and a Cyanobacteria (modified from Martin and Hermann, 1998; ^Zhang et al. 1999; *Turmel et al.1999).

Genome

Synechocystis sp.
Cyanphora
Marchantia
Chlorella
Oryz
Zea
Plasmodium
Heterocapsa^
Nephroselmis*

 Size (kbp)

3573
135
121
150
134
140
29
~120(not yet confirmed)
200

 Number of Protein Coding Genes:

3168
136
84
78
76
76
23
9 (detected so far)
127

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