High FPKM values for bacterial genes

I mapped RNA-seq reads to a bacterial genome and found most genes have a much higher expression level than eukaryotes. Is that due to the small genome size of bacteria?

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updated 7.8 years ago by Biostar

• written 9.1 years ago by Cacau

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Genome size has nothing to do with gene expression. How do you compare gene expression between bacteria and eukaryotes ? Are you comparing gene to gene (Only orthologous) or you are talking in general ?

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written 9.1 years ago by Chirag Parsania

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