Argopecten irradians
Bay scallop
GC content
42.72%
Whole genome
Non-coding
1,580 bp
Including the D-loop
Where Bay scallop sits among 2,335 species
Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. Bay scallop has the 2,262nd longest lifespan of them.
- This species
- All other species
Base composition
Whole genome16,211 bp
- GC skew (G − C) / (G + C)
- +0.250
- AT skew (A − T) / (A + T)
- −0.262
About this record
- Lifespan source
- AnAge build 15
- Based on
- an animal in the wild
- Data quality
- acceptable, medium sample
- Licence
- Free to use, subject to the Human Ageing Genomic Resources conditions of use
- Status
- New in build 2
- In the database since
- build 2 (2026-11-13)
Every change against the 2015 build is in the changelog download.
Composition by region
Reference (L) strand as deposited in RefSeqWhole genome16,211 bp
Protein-coding11,078 bp
12S rRNA904 bp
16S rRNA1,292 bp
All tRNA1,358 bp
Genes and regions
Select a column to sort; select a gene to compare it across species| Composition | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND1NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 | 945 bp | 41.16% | +0.311 | −0.371 | |||||
| ND2NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 | 936 bp | 44.55% | +0.333 | −0.399 | |||||
| COX1Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I | 1,602 bp | 42.63% | +0.192 | −0.314 | |||||
| COX2Cytochrome c oxidase subunit II | 699 bp | 44.21% | +0.269 | −0.282 | |||||
| ATP6ATP synthase F0 subunit 6 | 750 bp | 43.47% | +0.307 | −0.401 | |||||
| COX3Cytochrome c oxidase subunit III | 825 bp | 43.39% | +0.162 | −0.332 | |||||
| ND3NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3 | 348 bp | 42.53% | +0.203 | −0.410 | |||||
| ND4LNADH dehydrogenase subunit 4L | 275 bp | 44.36% | +0.344 | −0.438 | |||||
| ND4NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 | 1,317 bp | 41.84% | +0.289 | −0.319 | |||||
| ND5NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 | 1,683 bp | 42.90% | +0.302 | −0.384 | |||||
| ND6NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 | 540 bp | 43.70% | +0.356 | −0.329 | |||||
| CYTBCytochrome b | 1,158 bp | 43.26% | +0.202 | −0.306 | |||||
| 12S rRNA12S ribosomal RNA | 904 bp | 43.25% | +0.223 | +0.041 | |||||
| 16S rRNA16S ribosomal RNA | 1,292 bp | 40.48% | +0.231 | −0.025 |
Codon usage
Counts per codon, darker is more frequent3,692 codons in all protein-coding genes. Grouped with the Invertebrate mitochondrial code (NCBI table 5).
Phe F9.7%
UUU276
UUC83
Leu L13.5%
UUA129
UUG128
CUU121
CUC14
CUA60
CUG45
Ile I4.9%
AUU147
AUC34
Met M4.0%
AUA58
AUG91
Val V10.8%
GUU192
GUC37
GUA74
GUG97
Ser S10.4%
UCU108
UCC19
UCA18
UCG16
AGU32
AGC21
AGA66
AGG105
Pro P3.6%
CCU63
CCC30
CCA20
CCG19
Thr T3.2%
ACU68
ACC17
ACA18
ACG15
Ala A5.8%
GCU123
GCC42
GCA24
GCG24
Tyr Y3.7%
UAU83
UAC53
His H2.0%
CAU45
CAC28
Gln Q1.5%
CAA21
CAG35
Asn N1.6%
AAU34
AAC24
Lys K2.1%
AAA34
AAG45
Asp D2.0%
GAU58
GAC17
Glu E2.5%
GAA32
GAG59
Cys C2.5%
UGU56
UGC36
Trp W3.4%
UGA13
UGG113
Arg R2.4%
CGU37
CGC8
CGA21
CGG24
Gly G10.0%
GGU86
GGC70
GGA78
GGG137
Stop 0.3%
UAA3
UAG8
Genome map
35 annotated features in NC_012977.1Hover, tap or tab to a feature to see its position, length, strand and GC content. Genes and rRNAs open their own pages.
- Protein-coding12
- rRNA2
- tRNA21
- Outer ring: + strand, arrows run clockwise. Inner ring: − strand.
- Middle ring: GC% of each gene against the whole genome (42.7%, dashed): out is GC-richer, in is AT-richer (full height = 6 points).
All 35 features as a table
| Feature | Type | Start | End | Length | Strand | GC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COX1 | Protein-coding gene | 1 | 1,602 | 1,602 bp | + | 42.6% |
| tRNA-Phe | Transfer RNA | 1,603 | 1,664 | 62 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Glu | Transfer RNA | 1,736 | 1,799 | 64 bp | + | – |
| ND6 | Protein-coding gene | 1,947 | 2,486 | 540 bp | + | 43.7% |
| tRNA-Leu (UUR) | Transfer RNA | 2,486 | 2,549 | 64 bp | + | – |
| CYTB | Protein-coding gene | 2,551 | 3,708 | 1,158 bp | + | 43.3% |
| COX2 | Protein-coding gene | 3,709 | 4,407 | 699 bp | + | 44.2% |
| ND4L | Protein-coding gene | 4,465 | 4,739 | 275 bp | + | 44.4% |
| COX3 | Protein-coding gene | 4,740 | 5,564 | 825 bp | + | 43.4% |
| ND3 | Protein-coding gene | 5,576 | 5,923 | 348 bp | + | 42.5% |
| tRNA-Asn | Transfer RNA | 5,991 | 6,054 | 64 bp | + | – |
| ND4 | Protein-coding gene | 6,056 | 7,372 | 1,317 bp | + | 41.8% |
| tRNA-Phe | Transfer RNA | 8,411 | 8,475 | 65 bp | + | – |
| ND2 | Protein-coding gene | 8,507 | 9,442 | 936 bp | + | 44.6% |
| tRNA-Asp | Transfer RNA | 9,445 | 9,508 | 64 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ile | Transfer RNA | 9,510 | 9,580 | 71 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-His | Transfer RNA | 9,582 | 9,644 | 63 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Trp | Transfer RNA | 9,648 | 9,715 | 68 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Pro | Transfer RNA | 9,715 | 9,777 | 63 bp | + | – |
| ND5 | Protein-coding gene | 9,817 | 11,499 | 1,683 bp | + | 42.9% |
| ATP6 | Protein-coding gene | 11,500 | 12,249 | 750 bp | + | 43.5% |
| tRNA-Cys | Transfer RNA | 12,257 | 12,319 | 63 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Tyr | Transfer RNA | 12,324 | 12,387 | 64 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Thr | Transfer RNA | 12,387 | 12,452 | 66 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ala | Transfer RNA | 12,453 | 12,516 | 64 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Leu (CUN) | Transfer RNA | 12,515 | 12,579 | 65 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Met | Transfer RNA | 12,579 | 12,647 | 69 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Gly | Transfer RNA | 12,652 | 12,716 | 65 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Lys | Transfer RNA | 12,715 | 12,779 | 65 bp | + | – |
| 12S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 12,782 | 13,685 | 904 bp | + | 43.3% |
| tRNA-Gln | Transfer RNA | 13,688 | 13,753 | 66 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Val | Transfer RNA | 13,759 | 13,821 | 63 bp | + | – |
| ND1 | Protein-coding gene | 13,826 | 14,770 | 945 bp | + | 41.2% |
| tRNA-Arg | Transfer RNA | 14,798 | 14,864 | 67 bp | + | – |
| 16S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 14,896 | 16,187 | 1,292 bp | + | 40.5% |