Welcome to the Animal Genome Size Database, Release 2.0, a comprehensive catalogue of animal genome size data. Haploid DNA contents (C-values, in picograms) are currently available for 4934 species (3193 vertebrates and 1741 non-vertebrates) based on 6480 records from 668 published sources. You can navigate the database using the menu on the left. New features in Release 2.0 include enhanced browsing and search functions, data export capabilities, up to the minute summaries of available data, and a new genome size discussion forum.
News And Updates
| Latest Record Updates | ||
| Species | C-value | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| Alviniconcha hessleri | 0.94 | 16-6-2009, T. Ryan Gregory |
| Cyanagraea praedator | 3.04 | 16-6-2009, T. Ryan Gregory |
| Cancer pagurus | 2.44 | 16-6-2009, T. Ryan Gregory |
| Carcinus maenas | 1.24 | 16-6-2009, T. Ryan Gregory |
| Necora puber | 15.17 | 16-6-2009, T. Ryan Gregory |
| Xantho pilipes | 11.77 | 16-6-2009, T. Ryan Gregory |
| Xantho incisus | 4.92 | 16-6-2009, T. Ryan Gregory |
| Galathea squamifera | 8.46 | 16-6-2009, T. Ryan Gregory |
| Galathea strigosa | 6.99 | 16-6-2009, T. Ryan Gregory |
| Bythograea thermydron | 4.50 | 16-6-2009, T. Ryan Gregory |
Evolver Zone -- May 16th, 2009
Visit Evolver Zone -- a resource for students, teachers, and researchers interested in evolution.
Genome size in fishes - review -- March 12th, 2009
A recent article on fish genome sizes by my former student Emily Smith and me has now been published by Hydrobiologia. It is free to access online.
Smith, E.M. and T.R. Gregory. 2009. Patterns of genome size diversity in the ray-finned fishes. Hydrobiologia 625: 1-25.
New papers this week -- March 5th, 2009
Two new papers of interest this week:
Peterson et al. (2009). Big genomes facilitate the comparative identification of regulatory elements. PLoS ONE 4(3): e4688.
Smith, J.D.L. and T.R. Gregory (2009). The genome sizes of megabats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) are remarkably constrained. Biology Letters, in press.
Database formally published -- November 7th, 2006
The Animal Genome Size Database, along with the Plant DNA C-values Database and the Fungal Genome Size Database, has now been formally published. A description of Release 2.0 of the database will appear in the next databasing issue of Nucleic Acids Research. The full reference to the article is:
Gregory, T.R., J.A. Nicol, H.Tamm, B. Kullman, K. Kullman, I.J. Leitch, B.G. Murray, D.F. Kapraun, J. Greilhuber, and M.D. Bennett (2006). Eukaryotic genome size databases. Nucleic Acids Research; doi: 10.1093/nar/gkl828.
The article is open access, and can be downloaded here.
Minor referencing error has been corrected -- June 1st, 2006
- The referencing error turned out to be very minor in scope but a major task to fix. Thanks to Paola Pierossi of the Gregory Lab for double checking all of the nearly 6000 entries! In any case, only a few references were in error, and these have since been corrected.
Complete site redesign -- December 24th, 2005
- The database is approaching its five-year anniversary, and in keeping with this it has been completely redesigned and launched as Release 2.0. Exciting new features include vastly improved browsing and search functions, realtime summary statistics, data download capabilities, and a discussion forum.
- The site has been redesigned by James Nicol of Glossopteris.
- Your comments (especially positive ones!) about the new database are welcome, which you can send using the contact info in the link at the top right of the page, or better yet by joining and participating in the new discussion forum.