order · mtDNA statistics

Carnivora

124 species in 14 families. Every region of their mitochondrial genomes, side by side.

Group

124

species

40.4%

mean GC, whole genome

SD 1.4, range 35.8–43.6%

16,675

median genome length, bp

Range 15,982–17,197 bp

families

Regions

GC content of each region across Carnivora, % of A + C + G + T

Parameter

Chart

GC % of every region
Region
Whole genome	124	40.43%	1.43	0.035	35.80%Paradoxurus hermaphroditus	40.57%	43.56%Cryptoprocta ferox	0.33	2.0 × 10⁻⁴
Protein-coding	124	40.77%	1.72	0.042	34.94%Paradoxurus hermaphroditus	40.92%	44.30%Cryptoprocta ferox	0.30	6.0 × 10⁻⁴
All rRNA	124	39.86%	1.00	0.025	36.60%Conepatus chinga	39.94%	42.51%Cryptoprocta ferox	0.36	3.2 × 10⁻⁵
All tRNA	124	36.69%	1.00	0.027	34.37%Paradoxurus hermaphroditus	36.49%	40.28%Mellivora capensis	0.32	2.3 × 10⁻⁴
12S rRNA	124	41.28%	1.25	0.030	38.65%Arctonyx collaris	41.28%	45.17%Galidia elegans	0.41	1.7 × 10⁻⁶
16S rRNA	124	39.00%	1.05	0.027	35.32%Conepatus chinga	39.03%	41.60%Mellivora capensis	0.26	0.004
D-loop	114	42.60%	2.14	0.050	37.26%Spilogale putorius	42.86%	50.39%Bassaricyon gabbii	−0.06	0.55
ND1	124	42.52%	1.82	0.043	37.34%Spilogale putorius	42.70%	46.23%Crocuta crocuta	0.25	0.005
ND2	124	38.02%	1.98	0.052	32.53%Paradoxurus hermaphroditus	38.12%	42.23%Cryptoprocta ferox	0.28	0.002
COX1	124	41.89%	1.83	0.044	35.99%Paradoxurus hermaphroditus	42.01%	46.08%Cryptoprocta ferox	0.27	0.003
COX2	124	40.20%	2.20	0.055	33.48%Paradoxurus hermaphroditus	40.06%	45.32%Aonyx cinereus	0.19	0.03
ATP8	124	33.50%	2.75	0.082	27.45%Conepatus chinga	33.82%	39.22%Vulpes corsac	0.33	1.6 × 10⁻⁴
ATP6	124	40.49%	2.05	0.051	33.77%Paradoxurus hermaphroditus	40.68%	44.64%Mellivora capensis	0.27	0.002
COX3	124	43.77%	1.95	0.045	37.76%Paradoxurus hermaphroditus	43.69%	48.41%Lontra canadensis	0.13	0.14
ND3	124	41.13%	2.53	0.062	32.56%Paradoxurus hermaphroditus	41.50%	46.11%Otocyon megalotis	0.35	6.8 × 10⁻⁵
ND4L	124	38.54%	2.66	0.069	31.31%Mephitis mephitis	38.72%	44.78%Aonyx capensis	0.27	0.003
ND4	124	40.09%	2.01	0.050	33.74%Paradoxurus hermaphroditus	40.06%	44.70%Mellivora capensis	0.32	2.6 × 10⁻⁴
ND5	124	39.92%	1.73	0.043	34.38%Arctictis binturong	39.85%	43.71%Cryptoprocta ferox	0.29	8.9 × 10⁻⁴
ND6	124	38.51%	1.48	0.039	33.71%Paradoxurus hermaphroditus	38.61%	41.95%Aonyx cinereus	0.25	0.005
CYTB	124	43.35%	1.86	0.043	37.46%Paradoxurus hermaphroditus	43.60%	47.54%Cryptoprocta ferox	0.28	0.002

Families of Carnivora

GC content of the whole genome, % of A + C + G + T

Region

Parameter

Chart

Families of Carnivora

Felidae	30	40.19%	0.70	0.017	39.07%Otocolobus manul	40.19%	41.35%Lynx lynx	0.50	0.005
Mustelidae	30	40.81%	1.40	0.034	38.40%Arctonyx collaris	40.93%	43.36%Mellivora capensis	0.60	4.3 × 10⁻⁴
Canidae	15	40.27%	1.05	0.026	38.38%Chrysocyon brachyurus	40.67%	41.97%Otocyon megalotis	−0.15	0.6
Herpestidae	9	40.49%	0.48	0.012	39.83%Urva javanica	40.53%	41.30%Atilax paludinosus	0.28	0.47
Ursidae	8	40.88%	0.91	0.022	38.79%Ailuropoda melanoleuca	41.13%	41.71%Melursus ursinus	0.16	0.71
Otariidae	6	40.84%	0.28	0.007	40.39%Zalophus californianus	40.80%	41.22%Otaria flavescens	−0.74	0.09
Viverridae	6	37.73%	1.47	0.039	35.80%Paradoxurus hermaphroditus	37.83%	39.29%Genetta genetta	−0.23	0.66
Hyaenidae	4	42.50%	0.26	0.006	42.12%Hyaena hyaena	42.60%	42.69%Proteles cristata	–	–
Phocidae	4	41.66%	0.25	0.006	41.30%Pusa hispida	41.72%	41.88%Pusa sibirica	–	–
Procyonidae	4	40.96%	1.28	0.031	39.56%Procyon lotor	40.82%	42.63%Bassaricyon gabbii	–	–
Mephitidae	3	36.76%	0.24	0.006	36.49%Spilogale putorius	36.82%	36.95%Mephitis mephitis	–	–
Eupleridae	3	42.37%	1.32	0.031	40.96%Fossa fossana	42.59%	43.56%Cryptoprocta ferox	–	–
Ailuridae	1	37.62%	–	–	37.62%Ailurus fulgens	37.62%	37.62%Ailurus fulgens	–	–
Nandiniidae	1	40.28%	–	–	40.28%Nandinia binotata	40.28%	40.28%Nandinia binotata	–	–

Codon usage

Share of each codon in all 13 protein-coding genes, across Carnivora

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Every species, region by region

Each region's page lists the value of every species, with the same statistics by class, order or family and a CSV download.

Whole genome Protein-coding All rRNA All tRNA 12S rRNA 16S rRNA D-loop ND1 ND2 COX1 COX2 ATP8 ATP6 COX3 ND3 ND4L ND4 ND5 ND6 CYTB

Carnivora taxon page Plot GC content against GC skew All data downloads

The charts

Each chart draws the rows of the table under it, in the table's order: sort a column to reorder the chart.Chart sets its axis.
Distribution: the range (line), mean ± SD (bar), median (tick) and mean (dot). Lengths of the regions are on a log scale.
Variation: the coefficient of variation, or the SD for the skews, which vary around zero.
Lifespan r: r with its 95% confidence interval (Fisher z). Lifespan map: r of every parameter in every region at once, bold where the Benjamini–Hochberg q-value over the map is below 0.05.

What the numbers are

Species: species with the region annotated. SD is the sample standard deviation, CV = SD / mean.
Base percentages are over A + C + G + T, so GC % + AT % = 100. Skews are on the L strand as deposited in RefSeq: GC skew = (G − C) / (G + C), AT skew = (A − T) / (A + T).
Min and Max name the species with the extreme value.

Lifespan columns

r is the Pearson correlation of the parameter with log₁₀ maximum lifespan within the group (5 or more species), and p its two-tailed p-value, as on the original MitoAge. They are not corrected for multiple testing or for shared ancestry: the plot shows Benjamini–Hochberg q-values and phylogenetic contrasts.

The original site labelled the base columns with their complements, so its skews have the opposite sign. Seemethods.