Identification and Analysis of Over 2000 Ribosomal Protein Pseudogenes in the Human Genome

Table 3.

Genomic Distribution of RP Processed Pseudogenes

Genomic GC-content
<37% 37–41% 41–46% 46–52% >52% Total
Number of functional
 RP genes 8 6 23 27 22 86
RP gene density
 (per 100 Mb) 0.98 0.61 3.2 8.3 23.4 2.73
Number of RP
 pseudogenes 310 601 804 318 57 2090
Pseudogene density
 (per 10 Mb) 3.8 6.1 11 9.7 6.1 6.63
  • Genomic regions grouped by their average GC content.

  • Including duplicated copies of the functional RP genes.

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  1. Genome Res. 12: 1466-1482

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