Shannon Entropy Analysis of the Genome Code

Table 1

Species and chromosomes.

Species	Tag	Group	Number of chromosomes	Arithmetic average of logarithm of chromosome length Av[ln(𝐿)]	Arithmetic average of entropy Av(𝐻)
Mosquito (Anopheles gambiae)	Ag	Insect	5	17.59	7.57
Honeybee (Apis mellifera)	Am	Insect	16	16.24	6.92
Arabidopsis thaliana	At	Plant	5	16.97	6.81
Caenorhabditis briggsae	Cb	Nematode	6	16.64	7.07
Caenorhabditis elegans	Ce	Nematode	6	16.64	7.07
Chimpanzee	Ch	Mammal	25	18.54	7.14
Dog	Dg	Mammal	39	17.90	6.94
Drosophila simulans	Ds	Insect	6	16.29	7.36
Drosophila yakuba	Dy	Insect	10	14.57	6.93
Horse	Eq	Mammal	32	18.02	7.02
Chicken	Ck	Bird	31	15.64	6.27
Human	Hu	Mammal	24	18.58	7.13
Medaka	Me	Fish	24	17.23	7.25
Mouse	Mm	Mammal	21	18.57	7.16
Opossum	Op	Mammal	9	19.63	7.47
Orangutan	Or	Mammal	24	18.57	7.12
Cow	Ox	Mammal	30	18.24	7.08
Pig	Po	Mammal	19	18.52	6.85
Rhesus	Rm	Mammal	21	18.69	6.99
Rat	Rm	Mammal	21	18.59	7.20
Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)	Sc	Fungus	16	13.41	6.91
Stickleback	St	Fish	21	16.75	7.10
Zebra Finch	Tg	Bird	32	16.18	6.31
Tetraodon	Tn	Fish	21	16.19	7.14
Zebrafish	Zf	Fish	25	17.79	6.83