Percent Substitution Type in Satellites and Genes
| Sequence type | Transitions[i] | Transversions[ii] | χ2 [iii] | Significance |
| α-Satellite repeats | 38.0 | 62.0 | 0.99 | P < 0.5 |
| Arabidopsisrepeats | 40.8 | 59.2 | 2.5 | P < 0.5 |
| Introns | ||||
| Chromosome arm | 56.6 | 43.4 | 24 | P < 0.001 |
| Centromere | 60.0 | 40.0 | 32 | P < 0.001 |
| Exons | ||||
| Chromosome arm | 68.3 | 31.7 | 55 | P < 0.001 |
| Centromere | 75.0 | 25.0 | 78 | P < 0.001 |
[i] Expected = 0.33.
[ii] Expected = 0.66.
[iii] χ2 test compared the expected frequency of transitions and transversion with the observed frequency; shading indicates significant deviations from expected values.