Table 8.

Observed and Expected Numbers of Old and New Domains and Families inC. elegans Genes That Are Bounded Symmetrically by Phase 0, Phase 1, or Phase 2 Introns[i]

New Old
Domain (40) Family (19) Domain (134) Family (52)
Obs. Exp. P Obs. Exp. P Obs. Exp. P Obs. Exp. P
0–0170.0113.9n.d.2924.70.3412.110.70.63
1–12311.4<10−4 6.12.6n.d.827.3<10−4 3.47.20.13
2–202.1n.d.01.3n.d.7713.33.5n.d.

[i] Total numbers of domains in each category are indicated in parentheses. Some P-values were not determined (n.d.) due to the low sample size. (Obs.) Observed; (Exp.) Expected.