Number of BLAST hits of dcNUMTs against available mitochondrial genomes for birds and mammals
| Best BLAST hit to (>95% identity, dcNUMT as query) | Mammals | Birds |
|---|---|---|
| Host species’ mitochondrial genome | 441 | 18 |
| Nonhost species’ mitochondrial genome | 513 | 528 |
| With high confidencea | 148 | 249 |
| No species in the database | 3228 | 371 |
[i] The best BLAST hits were required to show at least 95% identity to the query.
[ii] aFor a hit to be assigned as high confidence to a species other than the host, there needed to be a ≥5% similarity to the nonhost, for example, a highly distinct hit to another species’ mitochondrial genome.