Sex chromosome evolution: Molecular aspects of Y-chromosome degeneration in Drosophila

Table 1.

Genes analyzed in this study from the neo-sex chromosome of D. miranda



Total sites

Synonymous sites

Replacement sites

Noncoding sites

neo-X

neo-Y

Ka (%)
Ks (%)
Ka/Ks
Ka (%)
Ks (%)
Ka/Ks
All genes (n = 68) 92,498 16,809.7 61,217.3 14,166 0.23 1.80 0.13 0.72 2.44 0.47
All genesa (n = 66) 88,678 16,107.6 58,802.4 13,486 0.17 1.76 0.12 0.72 2.46 0.47
Functional genes (n = 44) 60,647 11,272.7 41,005.3 8,174 0.26 1.74 0.17 0.59 2.55 0.35
Nonfunctional genes (n = 24)
31,851
5,537.0
20,212.0
5,992
0.16
1.92
0.08
0.97
2.23
0.68
  • Ka and Ks are the rates of amino acid and synonymous substitutions on the neo-X and neo-Y branches, respectively, estimated with the PAML software package.

  • a Excluding CycB and exu1

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