Table 1 Sequence-based DNA contents of the human chromosomes.
Chromosome | Chromosome length, bp | Relative DNA contents of chromosome pairs in diploid genome, % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Female | Male | ||
1 | 247 249 719 | 8.1799 | 8.3135 |
2 | 242 951 149 | 8.0377 | 8.1690 |
3 | 199 501 827 | 6.6002 | 6.7080 |
4 | 191 273 063 | 6.3280 | 6.4313 |
5 | 180 857 866 | 5.9834 | 6.0811 |
6 | 170 899 992 | 5.6540 | 5.7463 |
7 | 158 821 424 | 5.2544 | 5.3402 |
8 | 146 274 826 | 4.8393 | 4.9183 |
9 | 140 273 252 | 4.6407 | 4.7165 |
10 | 135 374 737 | 4.4787 | 4.5518 |
11 | 134 452 384 | 4.4482 | 4.5208 |
12 | 132 349 534 | 4.3786 | 4.4501 |
13 | 114 142 980 | 3.7763 | 3.8379 |
14 | 106 368 585 | 3.5191 | 3.5765 |
15 | 100 338 915 | 3.3196 | 3.3738 |
16 | 88 827 254 | 2.9387 | 2.9867 |
17 | 78 774 742 | 2.6062 | 2.6487 |
18 | 76 117 153 | 2.5182 | 2.5594 |
19 | 63 811 651 | 2.1111 | 2.1456 |
20 | 62 435 964 | 2.0656 | 2.0993 |
21 | 46 944 323 | 1.5531 | 1.5785 |
22 | 49 691 432 | 1.6440 | 1.6708 |
X | 154 913 754 | 5.1251 | 2.6044† |
Y | 57 772 954 | 0.9713† | |
The size of the diploid female genome | 6 045 293 052 | 100 | -- |
The size of the diploid male genome | 5 948 152 252 | -- | 100 |