The KA/KS Ratio Test for Assessing the Protein-Coding Potential of Genomic Regions: An Empirical and Simulation Study

Table 2.

Summary Statistics for K aand K s

Exons K a K s K a/K s
mean (SD) median range mean (S) median range mean(SD) median range
First 0.083 (0.111) 0.041 0–0.615 0.920 (1.134) 0.620 0–9.802 0.139 (0.237) 0.057 0.001–2.024
Internal 0.062 (0.125) 0.034 0–1.863 0.820 (0.812) 0.602 0–7.904 0.100 (0.150) 0.054 0.001–2.138
Last 0.082 (0.152) 0.045 0–1.340 0.869 (0.747) 0.693 0–4.053 0.122 (0.207) 0.061 0.001–1.600
Single-exon 0.055 (0.051) 0.045 0–0.209 0.665 (0.273) 0.646 0–1.335 0.088 (0.080) 0.071 0.005–0.383
All 0.065 (0.125) 0.036 0–0.863 0.830 (0.835) 0.608 0–9.802 0.105 (0.164) 0.054 0.001–2.138

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  1. Published in Advance December 14, 2001, doi: 10.1101/gr.200901 Genome Res. 12: 198-202

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