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Animal Genome Size Database
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<p>The Animal Genome Size Database is a catalogue of published <a href="/facts/Genome_size/m30NcTL2">genome size</a> estimates for <a href="/facts/Vertebrate/tT54FSTT">vertebrate</a> and <a href="/facts/Invertebrate/3CyqCVnN">invertebrate</a> <a href="/facts/Animal/4b8J33nd">animals</a>. It was created in 2001 by <a href="/facts/T._Ryan_Gregory/fKptbaPF">Dr. T. Ryan Gregory</a> of the <a href="/facts/University_of_Guelph/6hLhtWHn">University of Guelph</a> in Canada. As of September 2005, the database contains data for over 4,000 species of animals. A similar <a href="/facts/Database/VYcpkevb">database</a>, the <a href="/facts/Plant_DNA_C-values_Database/2bSN4oSI">Plant DNA C-values Database</a> (<i><a href="/facts/C-value/yDVVwxyQ">C-value</a></i> being analogous to <i>genome size</i> in <a href="/facts/Diploid/U8zl4AQe">diploid</a> <a href="/facts/Organisms/j8JkL09u">organisms</a>) was created by researchers at the <a href="/facts/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2c_Kew/XN0rTTRv">Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew</a>, in 1997. </p>