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Table 3 Statistics of protein-coding gene annotations of all the birds

From: Comparative genomic data of the Avian Phylogenomics Project

Species

Gene number

Mean gene length (kb)

Mean CDS length (bp)

Mean exon length (bp)

Mean intron length (bp)

Mean intergenic length (kb)

Acanthisitta chloris

14596

13.5

1242

158.6

1800

12

Anas platyrhynchos domestica

16521

17.8

1317

160.7

2298

42

Antrostomus carolinensis

14676

12.0

1177

164.1

1747

12

Apaloderma vittatum

13615

13.5

1247

160.8

1806

12

Aptenodytes forsteri

16070

20.9

1397

161.6

2546

56

Balearica regulorum

14173

13.8

1276

162.7

1828

11

Buceros rhinoceros

13873

13.5

1267

160.4

1767

11

Calypte anna

16000

18.5

1386

161.7

2264

47

Cariama cristata

14216

13.7

1249

161.8

1849

11

Cathartes aura

13534

10.8

1109

166.4

1716

10

Chaetura pelagica

15373

19.8

1411

161.0

2364

51

Charadrius vociferus

16860

19.1

1324

161.8

2482

52

Chlamydotis macqueenii

13582

12.9

1257

162.9

1734

10

Colius striatus

13538

12.4

1190

161.1

1754

11

Columba livia

16652

18.3

1363

161.0

2277

46

Corvus brachyrhynchos

16562

17.9

1363

161.1

2220

48

Cuculus canorus

15889

20.0

1400

160.7

2413

48

Egretta garzetta

16585

18.6

1274

160.7

2496

52

Eurypyga helias

13974

12.3

1193

163.9

1763

11

Falco peregrinus

16242

19.9

1403

160.7

2389

49

Fulmarus glacialis

14306

12.8

1230

163.0

1765

11

Gallus gallus

16516

21.1

1433

158.1

2437

48

Gavia stellata

13454

13.2

1250

162.1

1776

11

Geospiza fortis

16286

17.9

1362

160.1

2198

46

Haliaeetus albicilla

13831

14.2

1258

161.1

1903

12

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

16526

19.0

1359

160.7

2370

36

Leptosomus discolor

14831

13.9

1236

163.2

1926

14

Manacus vitellinus

15285

18.8

1392

159.7

2262

46

Meleagris gallopavo

16051

17.4

1305

158.0

2215

52

Melopsittacus undulatus

15470

19.8

1395

162.2

2415

52

Merops nubicus

13467

13.0

1224

162.1

1798

11

Mesitornis unicolor

15371

11.4

1169

163.6

1666

11

Nestor notabilis

14074

14.4

1307

160.1

1822

12

Nipponia nippon

16756

19.4

1358

161.2

2434

51

Ophisthocomus hoazin

15702

20.0

1336

162.1

2582

55

Pelecanus crispus

14813

11.9

1183

164.8

1740

11

Phaethon lepturus

14970

12.7

1220

163.9

1781

11

Phalacrocorax carbo

13479

13.5

1258

162.0

1810

11

Phoenicopterus ruber

14024

11.7

1179

165.3

1716

10

Picoides pubescens

15576

20.0

1390

161.7

2450

47

Podiceps cristatus

13913

10.4

1137

165.8

1583

8

Pterocles gutturalis

13867

12.8

1235

162.5

1757

11

Pygoscelis adeliae

15270

21.3

1392

160.3

2589

58

Struthio camelus

16178

19.5

1289

161.0

2601

54

Taeniopygia guttata

17471

21.4

1383

153.5

2493

53

Tauraco erythrolophus

15435

13.2

1200

164.0

1894

12

Tinamus guttatus

15788

14.7

1288

162.0

1934

25

Tyto alba

13613

13.8

1240

160.8

1871

12