For status information, see the Genome Projects section
| Organism | Est. Genome Size |
|---|---|
| Branchiostoma floridae (Florida lancelet) | 600 Mb |
| Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (a green alga) (improve existing genome) | 100 Mb |
| Ciona (sea squirt) fosmids (improve existing genome) | 180 Mb |
| Daphnia pulex (water flea) | 200 Mb |
| Fugu rubripres (puffer fish) (fosmid) | 400 Mb |
| Glycine Max (soybean) | 1115 Mb |
| Homo sapiens chromosome 5 | 180.8 Mb |
| Homo sapiens chromosome 16 | 88.7Mb |
| Homo sapiens chromosome 19 | 63.8 Mb |
| Nematostella vectensis (burrowing anemone) | 340 Mb |
| Phakopsora pachyrhizi (soybean rust pathogen) | 50 Mb |
| Phytophthora sojae (soybean blight pathogen) | 62 Mb |
| Phytophthora ramorum (sudden oak death pathogen) | 60 Mb |
| Phaeodactylum tricornutum (a diatom) | 30 Mb |
| Phanerochaete chrysosporium (white rot fungus) | 30 Mb |
| Populus trichocarpa (black cottonwood) | 550 Mb |
| Trichoderma reesei (a filamentous fungus) | 30 Mb |
| Xenopus tropicalis (western clawed frog) (improve existing genome to ~7.5x) | 1.7 Gb |
| Zea mays (corn) | 2.2 Gb |