Animal Genome Size Database

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The Animal Genome Size Database is a catalogue of published genome size estimates for vertebrate and invertebrate animals.{{cite journal|first1=T. Ryan |last1=Gregory|first2= James A. |last2=Nicol|first3= Heidi |last3=Tamm|first4=Bellis |last4=Kullman|first5= Kaur |last5=Kullman|first6= Ilia J. |last6=Leitch|first7= Brian G.|last7= Murray|first8= Donald F. |last8=Kapraun|first9= Johann |last9=Greilhuber |first10=Michael D. |last10=Bennett|title=Eukaryotic genome size databases|journal=Nucleic Acids Research|date=January 2007|volume=35|issue=Database issue|pages=D332–D338|doi= 10.1093/nar/gkl828|pmid=17090588|pmc=1669731}} It was created in 2001 by Dr. T. Ryan Gregory of the University of Guelph in Canada. As of September 2005, the database contains data for over 4,000 species of animals. A similar database, the Plant DNA C-values Database (C-value being analogous to genome size in diploid organisms) was created by researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in 1997.