Comparative hybridization reveals extensive genome variation in the AIDS-associated pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

Table 1 Comparison of Log2 ratios and standard deviations for all 14 chromosomes of four serotype A strains

Chr	BT63 (VNB)		125.91 (VNI)		CBS7779 (VNI)^a		WM626 (VNII)^a
	Average Log2 ratio	SD	Average Log2 ratio	SD	Average Log2 ratio	SD	Average Log2 ratio	SD
1	0.007	0.674	-0.019	0.438	-0.011	0.212	-0.014	0.634
2	0.013	0.634	0.007	0.312	-0.013	0.159	-0.019	0.637
3	0.034	0.600	0.020	0.272	-0.018	0.190	-0.011	0.660
4	-0.051	0.733	-0.002	0.329	-0.018	0.170	-0.105	0.778
5	-0.093	0.900	-0.097	0.623	-0.005	0.212	0.006	0.622
6	0.019	0.632	0.023	0.290	-0.035	0.263	-0.042	0.687
7	0.013	0.686	0.016	0.338	-0.029	0.258	-0.022	0.715
8	-0.048	0.773	0.020	0.323	-0.014	0.183	-0.032	0.724
9	0.031	0.625	0.018	0.292	-0.036	0.246	-0.026	0.643
10	0.050	0.612	0.033	0.310	-0.081	0.522	0.034	0.611
11	0.013	0.653	0.012	0.289	-0.019	0.212	-0.047	0.726
12	0.019	0.668	0.075	0.441	0.005	0.232	-0.085	0.827
13	0.025	0.627	-0.026	0.345	0.562	0.214	0.721	0.884
14	0.026	0.622	-0.006	0.328	-0.027	0.232	-0.060	0.685

^aThe log2 ratios for chromosome (Chr) 13 in these strains indicates a copy number greater than one. SD, standard deviation.

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