diff --git a/misc-scripts/density_feature/seq_region_stats.pl b/misc-scripts/density_feature/seq_region_stats.pl
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+use strict;
+
+use Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DBAdaptor;
+
+
+
+my $host = 'ecs1g';
+my $user = '';
+my $pass = '';
+my $dbname = 'homo_sapiens_core_20_34';
+my $port = '3306';
+
+my $db = new Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DBAdaptor(-host => $host,
+					    -user => $user,
+					    -port => $port,
+					    -pass => $pass,
+					    -dbname => $dbname);
+
+
+my $slice_adaptor = $db->get_SliceAdaptor();
+
+my @chromosomes = @{$slice_adaptor->fetch_all('chromosome')};
+
+foreach my $chromosome (@chromosomes) {
+  my $num_known_genes  = 0;
+  my $num_genes        = 0;
+  my $num_pseudo_genes = 0;
+
+  print "Processing chromosome ", $chromosome->seq_region_name(), "\n";
+
+  my @genes = @{$chromosome->get_all_Genes()};
+
+  foreach my $gene (@genes) {
+    if($gene->type() eq 'pseudogene') {
+      $num_pseudo_genes++;
+    } else {
+      $num_genes++;
+      if($gene->is_known()) {
+        $num_known_genes++;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  $slice_adaptor->set_seq_region_attrib($chromosome,
+                                        'GeneCount', $num_genes);
+  $slice_adaptor->set_seq_region_attrib($chromosome,
+                                        'KnownGeneCount', $num_known_genes);
+
+  $slice_adaptor->set_seq_region_attrib($chromosome,
+                                        'PseudoGeneCount', $num_pseudo_genes);
+}
+
+
+print_chromo_stats(\@chromosomes);
+
+sub print_chromo_stats {
+  my $chromosomes = shift;
+
+  foreach my $chr (@$chromosomes) {
+    print "\nchromosome: ",$chr->seq_region_name(),"\n";
+    my ($num_genes)  = $chr->get_attribute('GeneCount');
+    my ($num_known)  = $chr->get_attribute('KnownGeneCount');
+    my ($num_pseudo) = $chr->get_attribute('PseudoGeneCount');
+    print "NumGenes: $num_genes\n";
+    print "NumKnown: $num_known\n";
+    print "NumPseudo: $num_pseudo\n";
+  }
+}
+
+
+1;
+
+