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

Table 3.

Homology Between Vole (M. kirgisorum) and MouseXist Elements

ID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Gene
% EX 58.6 72 70 85 59 67.7 64 66.8 61.0 57.2
% INT 60 70 58 56.5 80 59.4 52.6 54.0
  • B2 repeat in the mouse intron 5 is not taken into consideration.

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