Table 6.
Summary of Insertions and Introns Unique to One Species
| 11189 | total inserts of length >32 |
| 6845 | C. elegansinserts |
| 4344 | C. briggsaeinserts |
| 10686 | inserts in regions of weak homology |
| 503 | inserts in regions of strong homology |
| 4644 | inserts in intergenic regions |
| 4517 | inserts in intron regions |
| 1508 | inserts in coding regions |
| 518 | inserts with one end in an intron and the other in an exon |
| 2 | inserts with one end in a gene and one end intergenic |
| 301 | inserts with GT…AG ends in regions of strong homology |
| 362 | inserts in coding regions with strong homology |
| 170 | introns unique to C. elegans |
| 93 | introns unique to C. briggsae |
| 263 | total introns unique to either species |
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An intron unique to one species is defined here as an insert of length >32 in a highly conserved coding region that aligns optimally with GT … AG ends.
