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Karyotype

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Summary

Assembly: WASHUC2, May 2006
Database version: 51.2i
Base Pairs: 1,050,947,331
Golden Path Length: 1,100,480,441
Genebuild by: Ensembl
Genebuild started: Aug 2006
Genebuild released: Dec 2006
Genebuild last updated/patched: Sep 2008

Gene counts

Known protein-coding genes: 4,676
Projected protein-coding genes: 6,646
Novel protein-coding genes: 5,414
Pseudogenes: 96
RNA genes: 655
Gene exons: 182,029
Gene transcripts: 22,945

Other

Genscan gene predictions: 40,505
SNPs: 2,960,841