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Table 3 Intron fragments

From: Patterns and rates of intron divergence between humans and chimpanzees

 

n

Variable

Mean

P

150 Nucleotides at 5' end versus central part of all introns

   5' end

36,384

Ki

0.938

 

   Central

36,289

Ki

1.144

< 0.001

   5' end

36,384

GC

0.441

 

   Central

36,289

GC

0.432

< 0.001

150 Nucleotides at 3' end versus remainder of all introns

   3' end

36,456

Ki

0.924

 

   Central

36,289

Ki

1.144

< 0.001

   3' end

36,456

GC

0.410

 

   Central

36,289

GC

0.432

< 0.001

1000 Nucleotides at 5' end versus central part of first introns

   5' end

3,295

Ki

1.096

 

   Central

3,306

Ki

1.195

< 0.001

   5' end

3,295

GC

0.499

 

   Central

3,306

GC

0.435

< 0.001

150 Nucleotides at 5' end of all introns

   Short

14,892

Ki

0.942

 

   Long

21,492

Ki

0.935

0.371 (NS)

   Short

14,892

GC

0.459

 

   Long

21,492

GC

0.429

< 0.001

150 Nucleotides at 3' end of all introns

   Short

14,929

Ki

0.924

 

   Long

21,527

Ki

0.924

0.991 (NS)

   Short

14,929

GC

0.441

 

   Long

21,527

GC

0.389

< 0.001

5' 1000 Nucleotides of first introns

   Short

150

Ki

1.193

 

   Long

3,145

Ki

1.092

0.011

   Short

150

GC

0.549

 

   Long

3,145

GC

0.499

0.234 (NS)

Central part after removing the 150 nucleotides at 5' and 3' end of all introns

   Short

14,014

Ki

1.078

 

   Long

22,275

Ki

1.185

< 0.001

   Short

14,014

GC

0.451

 

   Long

22,275

GC

0.420

< 0.001

Central part after removing the 1000 nucleotides at 5' end of first introns

   Short

140

Ki

1.172

 

   Long

3,166

Ki

1.196

0.570 (NS)

   Short

140

GC

0.457

 

   Long

3,166

GC

0.434

< 0.001

Central part of first introns versus central part of other introns

   First

3,306

Ki

1.195

 

   Others

32,012

Ki

1.140

< 0.001

   First

3,306

GC

0.435

 

   Others

32,012

GC

0.429

< 0.001

  1. Shown are the average Ki and GC for different fragments of introns. NS, not significant.