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Table 1 Genomic features of reference strains for four model yeasts.a

From: Diverse transposable element landscapes in pathogenic and nonpathogenic yeast models: the value of a comparative perspective

Genomic Feature

Candida albicans

Cryptococcus neoformansb

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Haploid size (Mb)

14.3

19.1 (18.9)

12.1

12.6

Chromosome Number

8

14

16

3

ORFsc

6200

6600 (7000)

6600

5100

Genes with introns

4%

98% (> 99%)

5%

43%

Centromere size (kb)

3–5

20–65

0.125

40–110

Total TE content

0.8%

6.6% (5.9%)d

3.5%

1.1%

DNA transposons:

 “cut-and-paste”

0.1%

0.7% (0.5%)

0%

0%

Crypton or Helitron

0%

0.1% (0.1%)

0%

0%

Retrotransposons:

 LTR

0.6%

3.9% (3.1%)

3.5%

1.1%

 non-LTR

0.1%

0.5% (0.4%)

0%

0%

  1. a See text for references.
  2. b Serotype D, serotype A in parentheses.
  3. c Including dubious ORFs, rounded to nearest hundred.
  4. d Content for this species includes 1.4% (1.9%) unclassified TEs.