Seven chromosomes per set (n=7)
Genome size 43 Mb (Mb = Megabase = one million nucleotide pairs)
Number of genes ~ 10,000
Average gene size 1.7 kb
Average number of introns per gene 1.7
Transposons rare
Mapped breakpoints of
duplication-generating-translocations
from Parmit Kumar Singh (CCMB)
For more information on the Neurospora genome see
Galagan et al, 2003
Mannhaupt et al, 2003
Last modified 1/22/10 KMC