amount of DNA in a haploid cell
C-value
amount of DNA not correlated with complexity
C- value Paradox
Lungfish have how many time the DNA of humans
40x
the first genome sequencing
bacteriophage MS2 ( RNA virus)
Illumina HiSeqX
Oxford Nanopore MinION
C-value paradox
- Larger % noncoding in Eukaryotes
move sections of DNA around, - may drive and increase in genome size over time
transposons
selection for replication speed, small cell size, and energetic efficiency may favor reductions in size over time
transposons
balance of these forces leads to C-value paradox
Increase in DNA leads to increase in…
cell size
number of protien -coding genes
G-values
does not appear correlated with complexity
G-value Paradox
it is all about the regulatory genes
G-value Paradox
Bind to specific regions of DNA in order to regulate when where and to what degree specific genes are expressed
-Transcription factors
often act upon another
Transcription factors
Degree of regulatory control of non-coding regions
Increase # regulatory elements with C-value
One protein-coding gene ≠ one protein
G-value Paradox
put the exons together in different ways
- can increase the diversity of an organisms functional proteins
alternative splicing
-humans: more alternative spliced genes and more introns than nematodes
changes to newly transcribed RNA
Posttranscriptional modification
steps of alternative splicing
RNA or DNA
Single linear, set of linear, or circular chromosomes
The Viral Genome
Compact – RNA up to 30kb
Few proteins
DNA to 1mb
The Viral Genome
May have overlapping, but same reading frame genes
Or different reading frames
The Viral Genome
is a single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus with a genome composed of a single linear chromosome
SARS Coronavirus Single Stranded RNA