C. elegans Chromosome Statistics

(from the 1998 genome sequiencing paper)

Distribution of coding genes and patterns of conservation

Chromosome	Genetic compartment	Size (Mb)	Size (Mb)	Protein Genes	Protein gene density per kb	tRNA genes	tRNA pseudogenes	coding %	% of protein genes with EST match	% of protein coding genes with a database match
I	L	13.86	3.29	649	5.06	7	2	21.59	57.0	53.9
	C		5.59	1171	4.77	34	4	31.65	52.9	52.1
	R		4.98	983	5.06	33	2	25.00	43.4	40.8
II	L	14.72	3.83	1049	3.65	29	13	29.00	22.7	26.9
	C		7.93	1719	4.61	38	6	29.68	49.7	49.8
	R		2.96	491	6.03	16	5	19.89	43.5	39.9
III	L	12.77	3.30	612	5.40	31	14	20.60	44.2	42.1
	C		4.98	1100	4.52	42	0	32.21	53.5	53.5
	R		4.49	796	5.66	21	3	23.91	53.1	50.2
IV	L	16.14	5.44	1050	5.17	38	16	20.87	39.9	39.7
	C		6.51	1422	4.58	20	3	29.69	45.7	50.3
	R		4.19	622	6.73	26	2	16.50	36.6	40.7
V	L	20.82	6.19	1491	4.15	17	4	27.00	22.0	33.0
	C		6.84	1573	4.34	37	0	29.40	32.2	43.8
	R		7.79	1018	4.36	152	94	25.50	19.5	28.8
X		17.22		2631	6.54	362	33	19.8	40.9	43.3
Total		95.53		19141	4.98	877	198	27	38.9