Table 2.

Assymetric distribution of LINEs on the two DNA strands

Region Species Length (kb) Gene orientation LINE+ LINE− χ2 P
Xpctgenehuman147472010.88<1%
mouse117+115125.81<1%
intergenehuman186intergene316310.89<1%
Xpct-Cnbp2 mouse696111.47ns
intergenehuman26intergene141.80ns
Cnbp2-Ftx mouse7202.00ns
Ftxgenehuman14+262.00ns
mouse16+131.00ns
intergenebovine62intergene632022.28<1%
Ftx-Jpx human4257019256.81<1%
mouse1149130.73ns
Jpxgenebovine1622412.46<1%
human6849304.57<5%
mouse9202.00ns
intergenebovine38intergene5133.56ns
Jpx-Xist human9532587.51<1%
mouse10022.00ns
Xistgenebovine35+077.00<1%
human32+088.00<1%
mouse23+00nd
intergenebovine82intergene49314.05<5%
Xist-Tsx human38731.60ns
(Tsixgene)mouse351437.12<1%
Tsxgenehuman44− (pseudo)26416.13<1%
mouse10210.33ns
intergenehuman70intergene31715.16<1%
Tsx-Chicl mouse25110.00ns
Chiclgenehuman15761366.44<5%
mouse32850.69ns
intergenehumangapintergenendndnd
Chicl-Cdx4 mouse2711815.21<1%
Cdx4-genehuman7011.00ns
mouse8101.00ns
intergeneCdx4-NapIl2 human193intergene478410.45<1%
intergenemouse77intergene104219.69<1%
Cdx4-Ppnx
Ppnxgenemouse74+13633.11<1%

[i] LINE+, number of LINEs on the direct strand; LINE−, number of LINEs on the complementary strand. P; probability, ns; not significant, nd; not done.