Analysis of the Macaca mulatta transcriptome and the sequence divergence between Macaca and human

Table 6 Macaque sequences without apparent human ortholog

Class	GenBank Accession	Ortholog by MEGABLAST*		PCR product length^†	PCR^‡
		Human genome	Human EST		Macaque genome	Human genome
I	CX078602	Yes/93%^§	No	98	+	-
I	CX078592	No	No	111	+	+
I	CX078596	Yes/93%^§	No	123	+	+
I	CB552301	No	No	107	Indeterminate	Indeterminate
II	CX078598	No	No	103	+	-
II	CX078591	No	No	111	+	-
III	CB555845	No	No	127	+	Indeterminate
III	CB552531	No	No	90	+	-

*Defined as identity greater than three standard deviations below the mean. ^†Primer sequences are available in Materials and methods. ^‡Tested under a variety of thermal cycling conditions and annealing temperatures. ^§Borderline identity values are displayed.

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