Spheniscus magellanicus
Magellanic penguin
GC content
46.58%
Whole genome
Non-coding
1,054 bp
D-loop 956 bp
Where Magellanic penguin sits among 2,335 species
Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. Magellanic penguin has the 460th longest lifespan of them.
- This species
- Other birds
- Other classes
Base composition
Whole genome16,546 bp
- GC skew (G − C) / (G + C)
- −0.405
- AT skew (A − T) / (A + T)
- +0.146
Life history
- Maximum lifespan
- 30 years
- Adult weight
- 4 kg
- Female sexual maturity
- 2.8 years
- Male sexual maturity
- 2.8 years
- Gestation or incubation
- 40 days
- Litter or clutch size
- 1
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.069 per day
Lifespan from AnAge · AnAge record · other traits from AnAge build 15 (HAGRID 01673)
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 genome16,546 bp
Protein-coding11,374 bp
12S rRNA979 bp
16S rRNA1,606 bp
All tRNA1,545 bp
D-loop956 bp
Genes and regions
Select a column to sort; select a gene to compare it across species| Composition | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND1NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 | 978 bp | 47.75% | −0.456 | +0.045 | |||||
| ND2NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 | 1,039 bp | 43.89% | −0.627 | +0.197 | |||||
| COX1Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I | 1,551 bp | 48.55% | −0.347 | +0.083 | |||||
| COX2Cytochrome c oxidase subunit II | 684 bp | 47.66% | −0.436 | +0.207 | |||||
| ATP8ATP synthase F0 subunit 8 | 165 bp | 44.85% | −0.757 | +0.231 | |||||
| ATP6ATP synthase F0 subunit 6 | 684 bp | 45.18% | −0.599 | +0.125 | |||||
| COX3Cytochrome c oxidase subunit III | 784 bp | 49.11% | −0.403 | +0.118 | |||||
| ND3NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3 | 351 bp | 48.43% | −0.506 | +0.050 | |||||
| ND4LNADH dehydrogenase subunit 4L | 297 bp | 49.16% | −0.466 | +0.046 | |||||
| ND4NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 | 1,379 bp | 46.48% | −0.576 | +0.171 | |||||
| ND5NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 | 1,818 bp | 47.25% | −0.530 | +0.197 | |||||
| ND6NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 | 519 bp | 47.01% | −0.607 | +0.542 | |||||
| CYTBCytochrome b | 1,143 bp | 48.12% | −0.513 | +0.079 | |||||
| 12S rRNA12S ribosomal RNA | 979 bp | 48.52% | −0.204 | +0.230 | |||||
| 16S rRNA16S ribosomal RNA | 1,606 bp | 46.02% | −0.202 | +0.264 | |||||
| D-loopControl region (D-loop) | 956 bp | 41.00% | +0.015 | −0.184 |
Codon usage
Counts per codon, darker is more frequent3,796 codons in all protein-coding genes. Grouped with the Vertebrate mitochondrial code (NCBI table 2).
Phe F5.5%
UUU49
UUC161
Leu L17.6%
UUA61
UUG16
CUU57
CUC189
CUA321
CUG23
Ile I7.5%
AUU56
AUC230
Met M4.5%
AUA144
AUG27
Val V4.1%
GUU22
GUC48
GUA66
GUG20
Ser S7.2%
UCU23
UCC104
UCA92
UCG4
AGU6
AGC46
Pro P6.0%
CCU22
CCC95
CCA107
CCG5
Thr T9.8%
ACU53
ACC166
ACA144
ACG10
Ala A7.8%
GCU49
GCC153
GCA90
GCG5
Tyr Y2.8%
UAU29
UAC78
His H3.1%
CAU16
CAC101
Gln Q2.5%
CAA85
CAG9
Asn N3.5%
AAU13
AAC119
Lys K2.3%
AAA80
AAG7
Asp D1.6%
GAU10
GAC51
Glu E2.5%
GAA83
GAG11
Cys C0.8%
UGU8
UGC22
Trp W2.8%
UGA98
UGG10
Arg R1.8%
CGU9
CGC21
CGA39
CGG1
Gly G5.8%
GGU17
GGC89
GGA96
GGG20
Stop 0.3%
UAA7
UAG1
AGA0
AGG2
Genome map
38 annotated features in NC_036264.1Hover, 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 (46.6%, 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 | 1 | 69 | 69 bp | + | – |
| 12S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 70 | 1,048 | 979 bp | + | 48.5% |
| tRNA-Val | Transfer RNA | 1,049 | 1,119 | 71 bp | + | – |
| 16S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 1,120 | 2,725 | 1,606 bp | + | 46.0% |
| tRNA-Leu (UUR) | Transfer RNA | 2,726 | 2,799 | 74 bp | + | – |
| ND1 | Protein-coding gene | 2,805 | 3,782 | 978 bp | + | 47.8% |
| tRNA-Ile | Transfer RNA | 3,780 | 3,853 | 74 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Gln | Transfer RNA | 3,862 | 3,932 | 71 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Met | Transfer RNA | 3,932 | 4,000 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND2 | Protein-coding gene | 4,001 | 5,039 | 1,039 bp | + | 43.9% |
| tRNA-Trp | Transfer RNA | 5,040 | 5,109 | 70 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ala | Transfer RNA | 5,111 | 5,179 | 69 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Asn | Transfer RNA | 5,196 | 5,268 | 73 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Cys | Transfer RNA | 5,271 | 5,337 | 67 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Tyr | Transfer RNA | 5,337 | 5,407 | 71 bp | − | – |
| COX1 | Protein-coding gene | 5,414 | 6,964 | 1,551 bp | + | 48.6% |
| tRNA-Ser (UCN) | Transfer RNA | 6,956 | 7,031 | 76 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Asp | Transfer RNA | 7,038 | 7,106 | 69 bp | + | – |
| COX2 | Protein-coding gene | 7,109 | 7,792 | 684 bp | + | 47.7% |
| tRNA-Lys | Transfer RNA | 7,794 | 7,863 | 70 bp | + | – |
| ATP8 | Protein-coding gene | 7,865 | 8,029 | 165 bp | + | 44.9% |
| ATP6 | Protein-coding gene | 8,020 | 8,703 | 684 bp | + | 45.2% |
| COX3 | Protein-coding gene | 8,703 | 9,486 | 784 bp | + | 49.1% |
| tRNA-Gly | Transfer RNA | 9,487 | 9,555 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND3 | Protein-coding gene | 9,556 | 9,907 | 352 bp | + | 48.4% |
| tRNA-Arg | Transfer RNA | 9,912 | 9,980 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND4L | Protein-coding gene | 9,982 | 10,278 | 297 bp | + | 49.2% |
| ND4 | Protein-coding gene | 10,272 | 11,650 | 1,379 bp | + | 46.5% |
| tRNA-His | Transfer RNA | 11,651 | 11,719 | 69 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ser (AGY) | Transfer RNA | 11,720 | 11,785 | 66 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Leu (CUN) | Transfer RNA | 11,794 | 11,864 | 71 bp | + | – |
| ND5 | Protein-coding gene | 11,865 | 13,682 | 1,818 bp | + | 47.3% |
| CYTB | Protein-coding gene | 13,689 | 14,831 | 1,143 bp | + | 48.1% |
| tRNA-Thr | Transfer RNA | 14,836 | 14,904 | 69 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Pro | Transfer RNA | 14,916 | 14,985 | 70 bp | − | – |
| ND6 | Protein-coding gene | 14,999 | 15,517 | 519 bp | − | 47.0% |
| tRNA-Glu | Transfer RNA | 15,520 | 15,590 | 71 bp | + | – |
| D-loop | Control region | 15,591 | 16,546 | 956 bp | – | 41.0% |