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Table 4 The amounts of effective information of eukaryotes

From: The calculation of information and organismal complexity

Species name

x

W(g)

Gene or I1

I(bit)

C (bit)

I/C

S. pombe (yeast)

5,206

9.5e-11

1.4e7bits[34]

1.59e7

2.76e7[35]

58%

S. cerevisiae (yeast)

5,570[36]

9.5e-11

1.7e7bits[34]

1.91e7

2.42e7[37]

79%

C. reinhardtii (green alga)

16,043

9.5e-11

3.3e7bits[34]

3.97e7

2.4e8[38]

17%

P. tetraurelia(ciliate)

39,642[39]

1.0e-7

2.2e7bits[34]

4.02e7

1.44e8[34]

28%

T. adhaerens(placozoa)

13,000*

1.57e-10

2.65e7bits[34]

4.68e7

9.8e7[20]

48%

H. magnipapillata(hydra)

14,622

4.0e-4

11,648*

5.67e7

2.3e9[34]

2.5%

S. mansoni(trematode)

17,077

9.5e-3

3.0e7bits[34]

6.59e7

7.6e8[34]

9.7%

C. elegans(nematode)

26,861

3.14e-7

4.97e7bits[34]

8.71e7

2.0e8[37]

43%

D. melanogaster(fly)

29,485

1.96e-3

3.9e7 bits[34]

1.09e8

3.6e8[40]

29%

L. scapularis(tick)

21,029

1.63e-2

20,467[34]

1.05e8

4.2e9[41]

2.5%

A. aegypti(mosquito)

25,773

0.02

15,419[42]

1.08e8

2.7e9[42]

4.0%

S. purpuratus(sea urchin)

22,721

52.3

23,300[43]

1.27e8

1.6e9[43]

7.9%

B. floridae(amphioxus)

25,304

0.15

21,900[44]

1.27e8

1.04e9[44]

12%

C. intestinalis(sea squirt)

49,265

15

4.2e7bits[34]

2.20e8

3.2e8[45]

69%

O. mykiss (fish)

44,687

10k

25,000*

2.48e8

5.38e9[46]

4.6%

Salmo salar(fish)

56,092

5,500

25,000*

3.02e8

5.97e9[46]

5.1%

Danio rerio (fish)

83,187

0.96

6.3e7bits[34]

3.72e8

2.8e9[37]

13%

X. laevis (frog)

58,885

200

30,000*

3.14e8

7.02e9[46]

4.5%

X. tropicalis(frog)

69,223

25

28,000[37]

3.45e8

3.4e9[37]

10%

G. gallus(chicken)

80,872

1000

6.59e7bits[47]

4.13e8

2.0e9[37]

21%

Bos Taurus (cow)

111,766

1300k

22,000[37]

5.28e8

6.0e9[37]

8.8%

R. norvegicus (rat)

119,411

300

9.35e7bits[47]

5.09e8

5.6e9[37]

9.1%

Sus scrofa (pig)

140,676

100k

22,000*

5.49e8

5.4e9[48]

10%

Mus musculus(mouse)

217,855

25

1.0e8bits[47]

6.34e8

5.0e9[37]

13%

Homo sapiens(human)

328,575

65k

9.0e7bits[47]

8.38e8

6.4e9[37]

13%

Vitis vinifera(grape)

35,343

500

23,335[34]

1.89e8

9.3e8[34]

20%

Oryza sativa(rice)

85,057

100

6.0e7bits[34]

4.10e8

8.4e8[37]

49%

T. aestivum(wheat)

87,079

100

48,000*

4.89e8

3.38e10[49]

1.4%

Zea mays(maize)

106,598

1000

32,000[37]

4.93e8

5.6e9[37]

8.8%