Characterization of the Genomic Xist Locus in Rodents Reveals Conservation of Overall Gene Structure and Tandem Repeats but Rapid Evolution of Unique Sequence

Table 1.

Relative Length of Xist Elements and Surrounding Regions in Vole and Mouse

Vole Mouse
M. arvalis M. rossiae-meridionalis M. transcaspicus M. kirgisorum
5′ region 8481 11778 12684 15017 21461
Exon 1 8136 7939 7949 7892 9483
Intron 1 2297 2100 2108 2135 2767
Exon 2 83 84 83 84 91
Intron 2 170 170 170 170 148
Exon 3 138 138 138 138 132
Intron 3 1506 1452 1572 1491 741
Exon 4 213 213 213 214 211
Intron 4 541 539 543 563 144
Exon 5 103 103 103 103 147
Intron 5 173 173 173 173 327
Exon 6 134 134 134 131 155
Intron 6 914 958 921 899 781
Exon 7 4913 4366 4820 4960 4521
Intron 7 2227 2409 1965 2200 2798
Exon 8 376 384 393 376 340
3′ region 872 80 3151 496 1022
XistRNA 14096 13361 13833 13898 15080
Xistgene 21924 21162 21285 21529 22786
Total length 31277 33020 37120 37042 45269

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