Table 3 Median and standard deviation (sd) of GC for orthologs to chicken and zebra finch genes located on large (chromosomes 1-9) and small chromosomes (chromosome 10-) for third codon position and introns
| Â | GC small chrom. | GC large chrom. | Wilcoxon test | sd GC small | sd GC large | Wilcoxon test |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chicken third sites | 0.495 | 0.458 | P = 2.0e-11 | 0.0457 | 0.0349 | P <2.2e-16 |
Chicken intronic | 0.493 | 0.449 | P = 0.0020 | 0.0432 | 0.0353 | P = 6.7e-07 |
Zebra finch third sites | 0.497 | 0.457 | P = 1.5e-13 | 0.0456 | 0.0348 | P <2.2e-16 |
Zebra finch intronic | 0.500 | 0.447 | P = 0.00038 | 0.0418 | 0.0352 | P = 4.3e-05 |