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Table 4 Association of retroelements with heterochromatin

From: Genomic neighborhoods for Arabidopsisretrotransposons: a role for targeted integration in the distribution of the Metaviridae

Hypotheses

Test

Group(s) tested

p-values

Accept?

All families share a similar probability of being in or outside heterochromatin

MRPP, 10,000 random permutations

MV(FSR), PV(FSR), NL(R)

0.0000

No

  

MV(FSR), PV(FSR)

0.0000

No

  

MV(FSR), NL(R)

0.0000

No

  

PV(FSR), NL(R)

0.0000

No

Metaviridae sublineages have similar heterochromatic distributions

MRPP, 10,000 random permutations

MV Athila, Metavirus, Tat

0.0011

No

  

MV Athila, Metavirus

0.0016

No

  

MV Athila, Tat

0.5211

Yes

  

MV Metavirus, Tat

0.0105

No

Element subtypes have similar heterochromatic distributions

MRPP, 1,000 random permutations

MV(SR), PV(SR), NL(R)

0.0000

No

  

MV(FR), PV(FR), NL(R)

0.3960

Yes

  

MV(FS), PV(FS)

0.0000

No

Pseudoviridae subtypes have similar heterochromatic distributions

Pearson's chi-square

PV(FSR)

0.0002

No

  

PV(FS)

0.0001

No

  

PV(FR)

0.0073

No

  

PV(SR)

0.9419

Yes

Metaviridae subtypes have similar heterochromatic distributions

Pearson's chi-square

MV(FSR)

0.0001

No

  

MV(FS)

0.0002

No

  

MV(FR)

0.5146

Yes

  

MV(SR)

0.0159

No

  1. MV, Metaviridae; PV, Pseudoviridae; NL, non-LTR retrotransposon; R, RT-only; S, solo LTR; F, full-length element. p-values < 0.05 are displayed in bold text.