Caenorhabditis elegans
Roundworm
GC content
23.78%
Whole genome
Non-coding
613 bp
Including the D-loop
Where Roundworm sits among 2,335 species
Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. Roundworm has the 2,334th longest lifespan of them.
- This species
- All other species
Base composition
Whole genome13,794 bp
- GC skew (G − C) / (G + C)
- +0.253
- AT skew (A − T) / (A + T)
- −0.175
Life history
- Maximum lifespan
- 1.9 months
- Female sexual maturity
- 3 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 3 days
Lifespan from AnAge · AnAge record · other traits from AnAge Build 15 (HAGRID 04657)
About this record
- Lifespan source
- AnAge build 15
- Based on
- an animal in captivity
- Data quality
- acceptable, 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 genome13,794 bp
Protein-coding10,293 bp
12S rRNA697 bp
16S rRNA953 bp
All tRNA1,239 bp
Genes and regions
Select a column to sort; select a gene to compare it across species| Composition | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND1NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 | 876 bp | 25.23% | +0.167 | −0.227 | |||||
| ND2NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 | 849 bp | 19.79% | +0.179 | −0.219 | |||||
| COX1Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I | 1,578 bp | 29.66% | +0.231 | −0.204 | |||||
| COX2Cytochrome c oxidase subunit II | 696 bp | 25.86% | +0.322 | −0.155 | |||||
| ATP6ATP synthase F0 subunit 6 | 600 bp | 24.00% | +0.181 | −0.211 | |||||
| COX3Cytochrome c oxidase subunit III | 768 bp | 28.00% | +0.247 | −0.233 | |||||
| ND3NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3 | 336 bp | 21.43% | +0.556 | −0.212 | |||||
| ND4LNADH dehydrogenase subunit 4L | 234 bp | 18.38% | +0.581 | −0.319 | |||||
| ND4NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 | 1,230 bp | 22.28% | +0.161 | −0.232 | |||||
| ND5NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 | 1,584 bp | 22.73% | +0.267 | −0.206 | |||||
| ND6NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 | 435 bp | 20.00% | +0.333 | −0.310 | |||||
| CYTBCytochrome b | 1,113 bp | 26.24% | +0.267 | −0.194 | |||||
| 12S rRNA12S ribosomal RNA | 697 bp | 26.26% | +0.257 | −0.027 | |||||
| 16S rRNA16S ribosomal RNA | 953 bp | 20.99% | +0.280 | −0.076 |
Codon usage
Counts per codon, darker is more frequent3,433 codons in all protein-coding genes. Grouped with the Invertebrate mitochondrial code (NCBI table 5).
Phe F13.2%
UUU429
UUC23
Leu L15.4%
UUA356
UUG81
CUU51
CUC1
CUA36
CUG5
Ile I8.2%
AUU257
AUC23
Met M5.2%
AUA134
AUG44
Val V7.4%
GUU118
GUC9
GUA98
GUG28
Ser S11.0%
UCU84
UCC5
UCA51
UCG5
AGU61
AGC6
AGA126
AGG39
Pro P2.4%
CCU27
CCC7
CCA39
CCG8
Thr T4.2%
ACU62
ACC7
ACA69
ACG6
Ala A3.3%
GCU62
GCC9
GCA39
GCG4
Tyr Y5.0%
UAU144
UAC29
His H1.7%
CAU45
CAC13
Gln Q1.3%
CAA34
CAG10
Asn N4.4%
AAU139
AAC12
Lys K3.2%
AAA95
AAG14
Asp D1.8%
GAU55
GAC8
Glu E2.3%
GAA52
GAG26
Cys C1.4%
UGU45
UGC2
Trp W2.1%
UGA62
UGG9
Arg R0.9%
CGU29
CGC0
CGA1
CGG1
Gly G5.4%
GGU93
GGC5
GGA60
GGG29
Stop 0.3%
UAA10
UAG2
Genome map
36 annotated features in NC_001328.1Hover, 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
- tRNA22
- Outer ring: + strand, arrows run clockwise. Inner ring: − strand.
- Middle ring: GC% of each gene against the whole genome (23.8%, dashed): out is GC-richer, in is AT-richer (full height = 6 points).
All 36 features as a table
| Feature | Type | Start | End | Length | Strand | GC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tRNA-Pro | Transfer RNA | 1 | 55 | 55 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Val | Transfer RNA | 58 | 112 | 55 bp | + | – |
| ND6 | Protein-coding gene | 113 | 547 | 435 bp | + | 20.0% |
| ND4L | Protein-coding gene | 549 | 782 | 234 bp | + | 18.4% |
| tRNA-Trp | Transfer RNA | 785 | 841 | 57 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Glu | Transfer RNA | 842 | 897 | 56 bp | + | – |
| 12S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 898 | 1,594 | 697 bp | + | 26.3% |
| tRNA-Ser (UCN) | Transfer RNA | 1,595 | 1,647 | 53 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Asn | Transfer RNA | 1,648 | 1,703 | 56 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Tyr | Transfer RNA | 1,707 | 1,762 | 56 bp | + | – |
| ND1 | Protein-coding gene | 1,763 | 2,638 | 876 bp | + | 25.2% |
| ATP6 | Protein-coding gene | 2,634 | 3,233 | 600 bp | + | 24.0% |
| tRNA-Lys | Transfer RNA | 3,244 | 3,306 | 63 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Leu (UUR) | Transfer RNA | 3,307 | 3,361 | 55 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ser (AGY) | Transfer RNA | 3,362 | 3,417 | 56 bp | + | – |
| ND2 | Protein-coding gene | 3,418 | 4,266 | 849 bp | + | 19.8% |
| tRNA-Ile | Transfer RNA | 4,269 | 4,329 | 61 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Arg | Transfer RNA | 4,330 | 4,384 | 55 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Gln | Transfer RNA | 4,385 | 4,439 | 55 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Phe | Transfer RNA | 4,447 | 4,503 | 57 bp | + | – |
| CYTB | Protein-coding gene | 4,504 | 5,616 | 1,113 bp | + | 26.2% |
| tRNA-Leu (CUN) | Transfer RNA | 5,621 | 5,677 | 57 bp | + | – |
| COX3 | Protein-coding gene | 5,678 | 6,445 | 768 bp | + | 28.0% |
| tRNA-Thr | Transfer RNA | 6,450 | 6,505 | 56 bp | + | – |
| ND4 | Protein-coding gene | 6,506 | 7,735 | 1,230 bp | + | 22.3% |
| COX1 | Protein-coding gene | 7,845 | 9,422 | 1,578 bp | + | 29.7% |
| tRNA-Cys | Transfer RNA | 9,422 | 9,477 | 56 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Met | Transfer RNA | 9,478 | 9,537 | 60 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Asp | Transfer RNA | 9,538 | 9,592 | 55 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Gly | Transfer RNA | 9,593 | 9,648 | 56 bp | + | – |
| COX2 | Protein-coding gene | 9,649 | 10,344 | 696 bp | + | 25.9% |
| tRNA-His | Transfer RNA | 10,348 | 10,402 | 55 bp | + | – |
| 16S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 10,403 | 11,355 | 953 bp | + | 21.0% |
| ND3 | Protein-coding gene | 11,356 | 11,691 | 336 bp | + | 21.4% |
| ND5 | Protein-coding gene | 11,691 | 13,274 | 1,584 bp | + | 22.7% |
| tRNA-Ala | Transfer RNA | 13,275 | 13,328 | 54 bp | + | – |