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Table 5 Comparison of the exon density in relation to the genome size and transcripts number in different species of helminths

From: Genome-wide transcriptome analysis of the early developmental stages of Echinococcus granulosus protoscoleces reveals extensive alternative splicing events in the spliceosome pathway

Organism

Genome Size

Coding genes

Gene transcripts

Number of exons

Exon density

Genes with AS event (%)

BioProject

Reference

Echinococcus granulosus

114,538,160

10,245

10,273

69,673

6.8

38.1%

PRJEB121

WormBase ParaSite, Present study

Echinococcus granulosus

110,837,706

11,319

11,319

75,264

6.64

33.31%

PRJNA182977

WormBase ParaSite [31]

Echinococcus multilocularis

114,963,242

10,663

10,663

72,069

6.76

35.75%

PRJEB122

WormBase ParaSite [31]

Taenia multiceps

240,610,560

12,890

12,892

84,541

6.55

nd

PRJNA307624

WormBase ParaSite

Taenia solium

122,393,951

12,467

12,467

69,707

5.59

nd

PRJNA170813

WormBase ParaSite

Taenia saginata

169,104,283

13,161

13,161

82,095

6.23

nd

PRJNA71493

WormBase ParaSite

Schistosoma japonicum

402,743,189

12,738

12,738

67,109

5.26

42.14%

PRJEA34885

WormBase ParaSite [48, 54]

Schistosoma mansoni

409,579,008

10,144

14,528

91,980

9.06

 > 50%

PRJEA36577

WormBase ParaSite [66]

Ascaris lumbricoides

316,975,410

23,604

23,604

141,154

5.98

nd

PRJEB4950

WormBase ParaSite

Trichuris suis

71,056,402

14,261

14,261

80,919

5.67

nd

PRJNA208416

WormBase ParaSite

Trichuris trichiura

75,496,394

9650

9650

55,156

5.71

nd

PRJEB535

WormBase ParaSite

Caenorhabditis elegans

100,286,401

20,184

61,541

147,847

6.4a

25%

PRJNA13758

[49]

  1. aBased on WormBook: The Online Review of  C. elegans Biology. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK19662/)