Figure 1
From: Common themes and cell type specific variations of higher order chromatin arrangements in the mouse
Sizes and gene densities of mouse (a) and human (b) chromosomes. The length of chromosomes is scaled according to their genomic size. Gene density in genes/Mbp for each chromosome is indicated in a box. The distance of the box to the x-axis is scaled according to the gene density. Centromeres are indicated in black. Chromosomes with NORs are indicated with an asterisk. Mouse chromosomes investigated in this study are surrounded with the color used in Figure 3 for their representation. (a) Mouse chromosomes have an average size of 124 ± 32 Mbp (standard deviation) and an average gene density of 10.1 ± 2.3 genes/Mbp. For both parameters the variation in human chromosomes (b) is thus much larger. They have an average size of 128 ± 56 Mbp and an average gene density of 7.3 ± 4.2 genes/Mbp. Values are disregarding the Y-chromosomes. Data are from Ensemble Genome Browser [30].