Eukaryotic genome size databases.
T. Ryan Gregory, James A. Nicol, Heidi Tamm, Bellis Kullman, Kaur
Kullman, Ilia J. Leitch, Brian G. Murray, Donald F. Kapraun, Johann
Greilhuber, and Michael D. Bennett
Nucleic Acids Research, in press.
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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 (www.kew.org/genomesize/homepage.html),
the Animal Genome
Size Database (www.genomesize.com),
and the Fungal Genome Size Database (www.zbi.ee/fungal-genomesize/). In total, these databases provide freely
accessible genome size data for more than 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.
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