Bison bison
American bison
GC content
39.16%
Whole genome
Non-coding
949 bp
D-loop 888 bp
Where American bison sits among 2,335 species
Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. American bison has the 357th longest lifespan of them.
- This species
- Other mammals
- Other classes
Base composition
Whole genome16,319 bp
- GC skew (G − C) / (G + C)
- −0.326
- AT skew (A − T) / (A + T)
- +0.107
Life history
- Maximum lifespan
- 33.5 years
- Adult weight
- 630 kg
- Birth weight
- 20 kg
- Body temperature
- 38.7 °C
- Female sexual maturity
- 2.5 years
- Male sexual maturity
- 2.5 years
- Gestation or incubation
- 274 days
- Litter or clutch size
- 1
- Litters per year
- 1
Lifespan from AnAge · AnAge record · other traits from AnAge Build 15 (HAGRID 01904)
About this record
- Lifespan source
- AnAge build 15
- Based on
- an animal in captivity
- Data quality
- high, large sample
- Licence
- Free to use, subject to the Human Ageing Genomic Resources conditions of use
- Status
- Unchanged since build 1
- In the database since
- build 1 (2015-07-01)
Every change against the 2015 build is in the changelog download.
Composition by region
Reference (L) strand as deposited in RefSeqWhole genome16,319 bp
Protein-coding11,336 bp
12S rRNA956 bp
16S rRNA1,570 bp
All tRNA1,511 bp
D-loop888 bp
Genes and regions
Select a column to sort; select a gene to compare it across species| Composition | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND1NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 | 956 bp | 41.63% | −0.407 | +0.097 | |||||
| ND2NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 | 1,042 bp | 34.84% | −0.532 | +0.143 | |||||
| COX1Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I | 1,545 bp | 42.20% | −0.221 | −0.012 | |||||
| COX2Cytochrome c oxidase subunit II | 684 bp | 37.87% | −0.212 | +0.092 | |||||
| ATP8ATP synthase F0 subunit 8 | 201 bp | 29.35% | −0.593 | +0.169 | |||||
| ATP6ATP synthase F0 subunit 6 | 681 bp | 38.33% | −0.418 | +0.086 | |||||
| COX3Cytochrome c oxidase subunit III | 781 bp | 44.17% | −0.339 | −0.041 | |||||
| ND3NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3 | 347 bp | 40.92% | −0.408 | +0.054 | |||||
| ND4LNADH dehydrogenase subunit 4L | 297 bp | 35.35% | −0.352 | 0.000 | |||||
| ND4NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 | 1,378 bp | 38.53% | −0.435 | +0.058 | |||||
| ND5NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 | 1,821 bp | 39.32% | −0.472 | +0.095 | |||||
| ND6NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 | 528 bp | 36.55% | −0.565 | +0.319 | |||||
| CYTBCytochrome b | 1,140 bp | 41.58% | −0.397 | +0.108 | |||||
| 12S rRNA12S ribosomal RNA | 956 bp | 40.59% | −0.119 | +0.239 | |||||
| 16S rRNA16S ribosomal RNA | 1,570 bp | 37.71% | −0.095 | +0.229 | |||||
| D-loopControl region (D-loop) | 888 bp | 39.30% | −0.295 | +0.046 |
Codon usage
Counts per codon, darker is more frequent3,798 codons in all protein-coding genes. Grouped with the Vertebrate mitochondrial code (NCBI table 2).
Phe F6.4%
UUU110
UUC134
Leu L15.6%
UUA111
UUG14
CUU64
CUC93
CUA281
CUG30
Ile I8.6%
AUU172
AUC156
Met M7.0%
AUA222
AUG42
Val V4.9%
GUU37
GUC43
GUA89
GUG17
Ser S7.2%
UCU55
UCC62
UCA100
UCG4
AGU15
AGC38
Pro P5.0%
CCU33
CCC70
CCA85
CCG3
Thr T8.2%
ACU47
ACC87
ACA163
ACG14
Ala A6.5%
GCU51
GCC91
GCA102
GCG4
Tyr Y3.5%
UAU61
UAC72
His H2.6%
CAU30
CAC67
Gln Q2.3%
CAA81
CAG6
Asn N4.3%
AAU55
AAC108
Lys K2.6%
AAA91
AAG8
Asp D1.8%
GAU27
GAC42
Glu E2.5%
GAA79
GAG16
Cys C0.6%
UGU5
UGC17
Trp W2.7%
UGA94
UGG10
Arg R1.7%
CGU7
CGC11
CGA43
CGG2
Gly G5.8%
GGU31
GGC60
GGA107
GGG21
Stop 0.2%
UAA7
UAG0
AGA1
AGG0
Genome map
38 annotated features in NC_012346.1Hover, 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 (39.2%, 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 | 362 | 428 | 67 bp | + | – |
| 12S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 429 | 1,384 | 956 bp | + | 40.6% |
| tRNA-Val | Transfer RNA | 1,385 | 1,451 | 67 bp | + | – |
| 16S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 1,452 | 3,021 | 1,570 bp | + | 37.7% |
| tRNA-Leu (UUR) | Transfer RNA | 3,022 | 3,096 | 75 bp | + | – |
| ND1 | Protein-coding gene | 3,099 | 4,054 | 956 bp | + | 41.6% |
| tRNA-Ile | Transfer RNA | 4,055 | 4,123 | 69 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Gln | Transfer RNA | 4,121 | 4,192 | 72 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Met | Transfer RNA | 4,195 | 4,263 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND2 | Protein-coding gene | 4,264 | 5,305 | 1,042 bp | + | 34.8% |
| tRNA-Trp | Transfer RNA | 5,306 | 5,372 | 67 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ala | Transfer RNA | 5,374 | 5,442 | 69 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Asn | Transfer RNA | 5,444 | 5,517 | 74 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Cys | Transfer RNA | 5,550 | 5,616 | 67 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Tyr | Transfer RNA | 5,617 | 5,684 | 68 bp | − | – |
| COX1 | Protein-coding gene | 5,686 | 7,230 | 1,545 bp | + | 42.2% |
| tRNA-Ser (UCN) | Transfer RNA | 7,228 | 7,300 | 73 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Asp | Transfer RNA | 7,305 | 7,373 | 69 bp | + | – |
| COX2 | Protein-coding gene | 7,375 | 8,058 | 684 bp | + | 37.9% |
| tRNA-Lys | Transfer RNA | 8,062 | 8,128 | 67 bp | + | – |
| ATP8 | Protein-coding gene | 8,130 | 8,330 | 201 bp | + | 29.4% |
| ATP6 | Protein-coding gene | 8,291 | 8,971 | 681 bp | + | 38.3% |
| COX3 | Protein-coding gene | 8,971 | 9,751 | 781 bp | + | 44.2% |
| tRNA-Gly | Transfer RNA | 9,755 | 9,823 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND3 | Protein-coding gene | 9,824 | 10,170 | 347 bp | + | 40.9% |
| tRNA-Arg | Transfer RNA | 10,171 | 10,239 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND4L | Protein-coding gene | 10,240 | 10,536 | 297 bp | + | 35.4% |
| ND4 | Protein-coding gene | 10,530 | 11,907 | 1,378 bp | + | 38.5% |
| tRNA-His | Transfer RNA | 11,908 | 11,977 | 70 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ser (AGY) | Transfer RNA | 11,978 | 12,037 | 60 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Leu (CUN) | Transfer RNA | 12,039 | 12,108 | 70 bp | + | – |
| ND5 | Protein-coding gene | 12,109 | 13,929 | 1,821 bp | + | 39.3% |
| ND6 | Protein-coding gene | 13,913 | 14,440 | 528 bp | − | 36.6% |
| tRNA-Glu | Transfer RNA | 14,441 | 14,509 | 69 bp | − | – |
| CYTB | Protein-coding gene | 14,514 | 15,653 | 1,140 bp | + | 41.6% |
| tRNA-Thr | Transfer RNA | 15,658 | 15,726 | 69 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Pro | Transfer RNA | 15,726 | 15,791 | 66 bp | − | – |
| D-loop | Control region | 15,792 | 360 | 888 bp | – | 39.3% |