A 100%-complete sequence reveals unusually simple genomic features in the hot-spring red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae

Table 1 Key features of the 22 chromosomes constituting the three genomes of the hot-spring red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D

Genome/Chromosome	No. of nucleotides(bp)	Shape of chromosome	No. of protein-coding genes
Nucleus*
1	422 616	Linear	102
2	457 013	Linear	125
3	481 791	Linear	144
4	513 455	Linear	140
5	528 682	Linear	161
6	536 163	Linear	131
7	584 452	Linear	173
8	739 753	Linear	213
9	810 151	Linear	231
10	839 707	Linear	247
11	852 849	Linear	236
12	859 119	Linear	258
13	866 983	Linear	249
14	852 727	Linear	256
15	902 900	Linear	265
16	908 485	Linear	261
17	1 232 258	Linear	355
18	1 253 087	Linear	360
19	1 282 939	Linear	384
20	1 621 617	Linear	484
Total	16 546 747		4 775
Unassigned	0		0
Plastid [17]	149 987	Circular	208
Mitochondrion [16]	32 211	Circular	34
Total of 3 genomes	16 728 945		5 017

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