Selected examples of Organelle Chromosomes
Organelle
Host Organism
Chromoso me Description
Distincti ve Features
Size Range
Mitochondr ia
Homo sapiens
Single Circles
Compact Coding
16.569 kb
Yeast
AT Spacers
78.520 kb
Brassica campestris
Multiple Circles
Direct Repeat
218, 135 & 83 kb
Zea mays
570, 503, 488, 456, 253, 250, 114, 82, 67, & 47 kb
Chloroplast
Nicotiana tobacum
Single Circle
Inverted Repeat
155.84 4 kb
Marchanti a polymorp ha
Circle
121 kb
Text iGenetics by Peter J. Russell
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