De novo search for non-coding RNA genes in the AT-rich genome of Dictyostelium discoideum: Performance of Markov-dependent genome feature scoring

The number of genes, average GC content, and length for each RNA are shown.

^aNumber of genes identified by the M1 model screen and fulfilling either of the filtering criteria: clustering (C), DUSE (D), combined clustering and DUSE (C+D), or not identified by any filter (none).

^bNine tRNA genes and one snRNA gene are masked from the search since they overlap, for example, exons.

^cIn the natural data, the ribosomal RNA genes are located on an extra chromosomal DNA element not included in the search and were consequently never detected. The search in the artificial data readily identified the ribosomal RNA genes. Similarly, one C/D-box snoRNA gene and one Class I RNA gene are located on unassembled contigs that were not included in the search.