Macroscelides proboscideus
Short-eared elephant shrew
GC content
38.77%
Whole genome
Non-coding
1,300 bp
D-loop 1,240 bp
Where Short-eared elephant shrew sits among 2,335 species
Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. Short-eared elephant shrew has the 1,702nd longest lifespan of them.
- This species
- Other mammals
- Other classes
Base composition
Whole genome16,641 bp
- GC skew (G − C) / (G + C)
- −0.333
- AT skew (A − T) / (A + T)
- +0.093
Life history
- Maximum lifespan
- 8.7 years
- Adult weight
- 40 g
- Birth weight
- 7 g
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.292 W
- Body temperature
- 36.2 °C
- Female sexual maturity
- 44 days
- Gestation or incubation
- 65 days
- Litter or clutch size
- 1.6
Lifespan from AnAge · AnAge record · other traits from AnAge Build 15 (HAGRID 02617)
About this record
- Lifespan source
- AnAge build 15
- Based on
- an animal in captivity
- Data quality
- acceptable, medium 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 genome16,641 bp
Protein-coding11,351 bp
12S rRNA948 bp
16S rRNA1,560 bp
All tRNA1,500 bp
D-loop1,240 bp
Genes and regions
Select a column to sort; select a gene to compare it across species| Composition | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND1NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 | 957 bp | 38.25% | −0.426 | +0.029 | |||||
| ND2NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 | 1,044 bp | 34.87% | −0.495 | +0.085 | |||||
| COX1Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I | 1,557 bp | 41.49% | −0.207 | −0.032 | |||||
| COX2Cytochrome c oxidase subunit II | 681 bp | 42.00% | −0.315 | +0.073 | |||||
| ATP8ATP synthase F0 subunit 8 | 204 bp | 30.39% | −0.645 | +0.183 | |||||
| ATP6ATP synthase F0 subunit 6 | 681 bp | 35.68% | −0.440 | +0.064 | |||||
| COX3Cytochrome c oxidase subunit III | 784 bp | 41.96% | −0.337 | +0.007 | |||||
| ND3NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3 | 346 bp | 37.28% | −0.364 | +0.005 | |||||
| ND4LNADH dehydrogenase subunit 4L | 297 bp | 34.34% | −0.431 | +0.026 | |||||
| ND4NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 | 1,378 bp | 38.53% | −0.473 | +0.053 | |||||
| ND5NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 | 1,809 bp | 38.36% | −0.452 | +0.107 | |||||
| ND6NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 | 528 bp | 37.31% | −0.716 | +0.414 | |||||
| CYTBCytochrome b | 1,140 bp | 40.44% | −0.354 | +0.034 | |||||
| 12S rRNA12S ribosomal RNA | 948 bp | 41.88% | −0.108 | +0.201 | |||||
| 16S rRNA16S ribosomal RNA | 1,560 bp | 37.24% | −0.091 | +0.201 | |||||
| D-loopControl region (D-loop) | 1,240 bp | 42.26% | −0.378 | +0.142 |
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 F6.1%
UUU107
UUC124
Leu L15.7%
UUA151
UUG12
CUU92
CUC70
CUA240
CUG30
Ile I9.1%
AUU181
AUC166
Met M6.4%
AUA206
AUG38
Val V4.8%
GUU44
GUC34
GUA85
GUG19
Ser S8.0%
UCU51
UCC59
UCA128
UCG5
AGU20
AGC40
Pro P5.1%
CCU49
CCC35
CCA105
CCG5
Thr T8.6%
ACU58
ACC117
ACA139
ACG14
Ala A6.2%
GCU40
GCC89
GCA101
GCG6
Tyr Y3.4%
UAU68
UAC60
His H2.6%
CAU28
CAC70
Gln Q2.3%
CAA82
CAG5
Asn N4.1%
AAU59
AAC96
Lys K2.4%
AAA86
AAG5
Asp D1.9%
GAU32
GAC39
Glu E2.3%
GAA74
GAG13
Cys C0.7%
UGU11
UGC17
Trp W2.7%
UGA97
UGG6
Arg R1.7%
CGU7
CGC12
CGA46
CGG0
Gly G5.7%
GGU50
GGC48
GGA97
GGG23
Stop 0.3%
UAA3
UAG6
AGA0
AGG1
Genome map
38 annotated features in NC_004026.1Hover, 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 (38.8%, 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 | 1 | 73 | 73 bp | + | – |
| 12S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 75 | 1,022 | 948 bp | + | 41.9% |
| tRNA-Val | Transfer RNA | 1,023 | 1,088 | 66 bp | + | – |
| 16S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 1,089 | 2,648 | 1,560 bp | + | 37.2% |
| tRNA-Leu (UUR) | Transfer RNA | 2,649 | 2,723 | 75 bp | + | – |
| ND1 | Protein-coding gene | 2,724 | 3,680 | 957 bp | + | 38.2% |
| tRNA-Ile | Transfer RNA | 3,679 | 3,747 | 69 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Gln | Transfer RNA | 3,745 | 3,815 | 71 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Met | Transfer RNA | 3,817 | 3,885 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND2 | Protein-coding gene | 3,886 | 4,929 | 1,044 bp | + | 34.9% |
| tRNA-Trp | Transfer RNA | 4,928 | 4,995 | 68 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ala | Transfer RNA | 4,999 | 5,068 | 70 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Asn | Transfer RNA | 5,069 | 5,141 | 73 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Cys | Transfer RNA | 5,181 | 5,245 | 65 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Tyr | Transfer RNA | 5,246 | 5,310 | 65 bp | − | – |
| COX1 | Protein-coding gene | 5,312 | 6,868 | 1,557 bp | + | 41.5% |
| tRNA-Ser (UCN) | Transfer RNA | 6,856 | 6,924 | 69 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Asp | Transfer RNA | 6,930 | 6,996 | 67 bp | + | – |
| COX2 | Protein-coding gene | 6,997 | 7,677 | 681 bp | + | 42.0% |
| tRNA-Lys | Transfer RNA | 7,680 | 7,745 | 66 bp | + | – |
| ATP8 | Protein-coding gene | 7,748 | 7,951 | 204 bp | + | 30.4% |
| ATP6 | Protein-coding gene | 7,909 | 8,589 | 681 bp | + | 35.7% |
| COX3 | Protein-coding gene | 8,589 | 9,372 | 784 bp | + | 42.0% |
| tRNA-Gly | Transfer RNA | 9,373 | 9,441 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND3 | Protein-coding gene | 9,442 | 9,787 | 346 bp | + | 37.3% |
| tRNA-Arg | Transfer RNA | 9,788 | 9,854 | 67 bp | + | – |
| ND4L | Protein-coding gene | 9,857 | 10,153 | 297 bp | + | 34.3% |
| ND4 | Protein-coding gene | 10,147 | 11,524 | 1,378 bp | + | 38.5% |
| tRNA-His | Transfer RNA | 11,525 | 11,593 | 69 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ser (AGY) | Transfer RNA | 11,594 | 11,651 | 58 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Leu (CUN) | Transfer RNA | 11,652 | 11,721 | 70 bp | + | – |
| ND5 | Protein-coding gene | 11,722 | 13,530 | 1,809 bp | + | 38.4% |
| ND6 | Protein-coding gene | 13,527 | 14,054 | 528 bp | − | 37.3% |
| tRNA-Glu | Transfer RNA | 14,058 | 14,129 | 72 bp | − | – |
| CYTB | Protein-coding gene | 14,130 | 15,269 | 1,140 bp | + | 40.4% |
| tRNA-Thr | Transfer RNA | 15,269 | 15,333 | 65 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Pro | Transfer RNA | 15,335 | 15,401 | 67 bp | − | – |
| D-loop | Control region | 15,402 | 16,641 | 1,240 bp | – | 42.3% |