Balaenoptera musculus
Blue whale
GC content
40.65%
Whole genome
Non-coding
994 bp
D-loop 936 bp
Where Blue whale sits among 2,335 species
Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. Blue whale has the 22nd longest lifespan of them.
- This species
- Other mammals
- Other classes
Base composition
Whole genome16,402 bp
- GC skew (G − C) / (G + C)
- −0.358
- AT skew (A − T) / (A + T)
- +0.104
Life history
- Maximum lifespan
- 110 years
- Adult weight
- 136 t
- Birth weight
- 2 t
- Female sexual maturity
- 5 years
- Male sexual maturity
- 5 years
- Gestation or incubation
- 350 days
- Litter or clutch size
- 1
- Litters per year
- 0.4
Lifespan from AnAge · AnAge record · other traits from AnAge Build 15 (HAGRID 02281)
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
- Updated in build 2
- In the database since
- build 1 (2015-07-01)
- Last changed
- 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 genome16,402 bp
Protein-coding11,349 bp
12S rRNA972 bp
16S rRNA1,575 bp
All tRNA1,521 bp
D-loop936 bp
Genes and regions
Select a column to sort; select a gene to compare it across species| Composition | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND1NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 | 957 bp | 41.80% | −0.460 | +0.110 | |||||
| ND2NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 | 1,044 bp | 39.56% | −0.574 | +0.173 | |||||
| COX1Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I | 1,551 bp | 42.30% | −0.238 | −0.006 | |||||
| COX2Cytochrome c oxidase subunit II | 684 bp | 40.50% | −0.357 | +0.165 | |||||
| ATP8ATP synthase F0 subunit 8 | 192 bp | 35.94% | −0.710 | +0.187 | |||||
| ATP6ATP synthase F0 subunit 6 | 681 bp | 38.33% | −0.487 | +0.038 | |||||
| COX3Cytochrome c oxidase subunit III | 786 bp | 43.13% | −0.363 | −0.007 | |||||
| ND3NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3 | 346 bp | 42.49% | −0.456 | +0.075 | |||||
| ND4LNADH dehydrogenase subunit 4L | 297 bp | 42.42% | −0.413 | −0.041 | |||||
| ND4NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 | 1,378 bp | 41.29% | −0.501 | +0.068 | |||||
| ND5NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 | 1,821 bp | 41.96% | −0.510 | +0.088 | |||||
| ND6NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 | 528 bp | 37.12% | −0.633 | +0.331 | |||||
| CYTBCytochrome b | 1,140 bp | 44.21% | −0.393 | +0.072 | |||||
| 12S rRNA12S ribosomal RNA | 972 bp | 42.08% | −0.120 | +0.236 | |||||
| 16S rRNA16S ribosomal RNA | 1,575 bp | 39.05% | −0.112 | +0.202 | |||||
| D-loopControl region (D-loop) | 936 bp | 38.57% | −0.230 | −0.016 |
Codon usage
Counts per codon, darker is more frequent3,801 codons in all protein-coding genes. Grouped with the Vertebrate mitochondrial code (NCBI table 2).
Phe F6.2%
UUU78
UUC159
Leu L16.5%
UUA104
UUG10
CUU72
CUC122
CUA304
CUG16
Ile I8.4%
AUU141
AUC178
Met M5.7%
AUA181
AUG37
Val V5.0%
GUU37
GUC46
GUA90
GUG17
Ser S7.0%
UCU30
UCC81
UCA93
UCG3
AGU20
AGC38
Pro P5.5%
CCU59
CCC73
CCA76
CCG0
Thr T8.7%
ACU61
ACC94
ACA165
ACG12
Ala A6.7%
GCU41
GCC112
GCA97
GCG3
Tyr Y3.3%
UAU59
UAC67
His H2.6%
CAU28
CAC70
Gln Q2.4%
CAA88
CAG5
Asn N4.1%
AAU45
AAC111
Lys K2.6%
AAA86
AAG11
Asp D1.8%
GAU24
GAC44
Glu E2.4%
GAA80
GAG13
Cys C0.6%
UGU8
UGC16
Trp W2.8%
UGA95
UGG10
Arg R1.8%
CGU8
CGC16
CGA41
CGG2
Gly G5.6%
GGU35
GGC75
GGA91
GGG12
Stop 0.3%
UAA7
UAG2
AGA2
AGG0
Genome map
38 annotated features in NC_001601.1Hover, tap or tab to a feature to see its position, length, strand and GC content. Genes and rRNAs open their own pages.
- Protein-coding13
- rRNA2
- tRNA22
- D-loop1
- Outer ring: + strand, arrows run clockwise. Inner ring: − strand.
- Middle ring: GC% of each gene against the whole genome (40.6%, dashed): out is GC-richer, in is AT-richer (full height = 6 points).
All 38 features as a table
| Feature | Type | Start | End | Length | Strand | GC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tRNA-Phe | Transfer RNA | 422 | 494 | 73 bp | + | – |
| 12S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 496 | 1,467 | 972 bp | + | 42.1% |
| tRNA-Val | Transfer RNA | 1,468 | 1,534 | 67 bp | + | – |
| 16S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 1,535 | 3,109 | 1,575 bp | + | 39.1% |
| tRNA-Leu (UUR) | Transfer RNA | 3,110 | 3,184 | 75 bp | + | – |
| ND1 | Protein-coding gene | 3,187 | 4,143 | 957 bp | + | 41.8% |
| tRNA-Ile | Transfer RNA | 4,143 | 4,211 | 69 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Gln | Transfer RNA | 4,209 | 4,281 | 73 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Met | Transfer RNA | 4,283 | 4,351 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND2 | Protein-coding gene | 4,352 | 5,395 | 1,044 bp | + | 39.6% |
| tRNA-Trp | Transfer RNA | 5,394 | 5,462 | 69 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ala | Transfer RNA | 5,468 | 5,536 | 69 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Asn | Transfer RNA | 5,538 | 5,611 | 74 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Cys | Transfer RNA | 5,644 | 5,711 | 68 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Tyr | Transfer RNA | 5,712 | 5,777 | 66 bp | − | – |
| COX1 | Protein-coding gene | 5,779 | 7,329 | 1,551 bp | + | 42.3% |
| tRNA-Ser (UCN) | Transfer RNA | 7,325 | 7,395 | 71 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Asp | Transfer RNA | 7,401 | 7,468 | 68 bp | + | – |
| COX2 | Protein-coding gene | 7,469 | 8,152 | 684 bp | + | 40.5% |
| tRNA-Lys | Transfer RNA | 8,156 | 8,223 | 68 bp | + | – |
| ATP8 | Protein-coding gene | 8,225 | 8,416 | 192 bp | + | 35.9% |
| ATP6 | Protein-coding gene | 8,386 | 9,066 | 681 bp | + | 38.3% |
| COX3 | Protein-coding gene | 9,066 | 9,851 | 786 bp | + | 43.1% |
| tRNA-Gly | Transfer RNA | 9,851 | 9,919 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND3 | Protein-coding gene | 9,920 | 10,265 | 346 bp | + | 42.5% |
| tRNA-Arg | Transfer RNA | 10,267 | 10,335 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND4L | Protein-coding gene | 10,336 | 10,632 | 297 bp | + | 42.4% |
| ND4 | Protein-coding gene | 10,626 | 12,003 | 1,378 bp | + | 41.3% |
| tRNA-His | Transfer RNA | 12,004 | 12,072 | 69 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ser (AGY) | Transfer RNA | 12,073 | 12,133 | 61 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Leu (CUN) | Transfer RNA | 12,135 | 12,204 | 70 bp | + | – |
| ND5 | Protein-coding gene | 12,205 | 14,025 | 1,821 bp | + | 42.0% |
| ND6 | Protein-coding gene | 14,009 | 14,536 | 528 bp | − | 37.1% |
| tRNA-Glu | Transfer RNA | 14,537 | 14,605 | 69 bp | − | – |
| CYTB | Protein-coding gene | 14,610 | 15,749 | 1,140 bp | + | 44.2% |
| tRNA-Thr | Transfer RNA | 15,750 | 15,821 | 72 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Pro | Transfer RNA | 15,821 | 15,887 | 67 bp | − | – |
| D-loop | Control region | 15,888 | 421 | 936 bp | – | 38.6% |