 Unfortunately, the G-value paradox simply picked up where the C-value paradox left off, because the discrepancy persisted when comparisons were narrowed to just protein-coding genes

Estimates of the number of coding genes in the human genome reached upwards of 100,000 prior to the human genome project, but since have dwindled to as low as 19,000 following completion of that massive sequencing effort and subsequent refinements.By comparison, the microscopic water flea Daphnia pulex has about 31,000 genes; the nematode "C. elegans" about 19,700; the fruit fly "(Drosophila melanogaster)" about 14,000; the zebrafish ("Danio rerio)," 26,000; and the small flowering plant "Arabidopsis" "thaliana""," 27,000.Plants in general tend to have more genes than other eukaryotes.