Whole-genome analysis of Alu repeat elements reveals complex evolutionary history

Table 2.

Sizes and P-values of selected subfamilies


Subfamily

Size

P-value
AluJo 7,266 8e-1841
AluSx 39,724 6e-4770
AluSq 4,035 2e-62
AluSp 28,063 7e-4520
AluY 27,023 2e-6924
AluYa5 3,257 4e-2813
AluSx_3 3,292 8e-1841
AluSx_5 401 3e-150
AluSq_3 1,956 2e-779
AluSg_4 1,904 1e-679
AluSc_8 9,588 1e-5959
AluY_8
107
1e-48
  • We list the size and P-value for each of the 12 subfamilies whose aligned consensus sequences are listed in Figure 2. Some Repbase Update subfamilies, particularly the AluSq subfamily, contain fewer elements in our allocation of Alu elements to subfamilies than in the allocation of Alu elements to Repbase Update subfamilies only, because many elements have been reallocated to neighboring subfamilies not in Repbase Update.

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  1. Genome Res. 14: 2245-2252

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