Testing the Chromosomal Speciation Hypothesis for Humans and Chimpanzees

Table 4.

Synonymous and Nonsynonymous Divergences Among the Human, Chimpanzee, and Gorilla Genes


Chromosomesa

Number of genes

Total length (nt)

nC

sG

nG/sG

nH + nC

sH + sC

(nH + nC)/(sH + sC)
Group A 34b 19,950 36 51 0.706 48 64 0.750
   Within rearranged regions 14 8,199 12 18 0.667 22 32 0.688
   Outside rearranged regions 20 11,751 24 33 0.727 26 32 0.813
Group B
35
29,382
81.5
85
0.956
121
110
1.100
  • a See text for the classification of chromosomes

  • b Thirty-one of the 34 genes are newly sequenced in this study

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