Dynamics of a Human Interparalog Gene Conversion Hotspot

Table 1.

Sequence Divergences Among Human, Chimpanzee, and Gorilla Inter-AD Segments, Compared To the Noncoding Region of the SMCY Gene



Jukes-Cantor distances (%)

Human—chimp
Human—gorilla
Chimp—gorilla
Proximal inter-ADa 2.36 ± 0.54 4.10 ± 0.71 4.38 ± 0.73
Distal inter-ADa 4.65 ± 0.75 4.76 ± 0.76 4.37 ± 0.73
SMCYb
1.68 ± 0.19
2.33 ± 0.22
2.78 ± 0.25
  • a Neglecting indels

  • b Values taken from Chen and Li (2001), calculated from data in Shen et al. (2000)

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