Table 3.

Counts and Percentages of Genic vs. Intergenic Sequences for Non-AT-Rich and AT-Rich Perfect Loopless Inverted Repeats from Size 4 bp to 25 bp in Chromosomes III and X

Length Non-AT-Rich AT-Rich
genic % genic intergenic % intergenic genic % genic intergenic % intergenic
a. Chromosome III
410198649107454511324544416631556
517067149179055511169194315349857
63574949367315135258424820958
75678247627795330219424106658
8119854713287539148431220657
917769452175755751744974156
10415744521056269242373458
11594144749456227943307757
1214574220205889842125358
1322034329605784643114457
1461040899604084353157
15781421063583284342757
1627045327551563924661
1724439386611254217458
18793613864713612864
1996381606346455655
204441645936318069
213432726813332768
221321487914225078
2313303070250250
242660174010233477
25744956125375
b. Chromosome X
419154642265782582051553439529266
532752841473331591673223333327667
666200409750960508843310533367
7103472401581516041155328653068
82174439345376113774322907468
93180038515866210329322231468
107222371210963431232904068
119845361723064282832598268
12245036431064171132362868
1331043460846685432178368
148703416806692433191367
151006322100682533156169
16291316516965934127366
173373176669943517365
1812029292715193596565
19139313076928335867
206127161734383678664
2152331076711461354
22322693743863767163
2321353965233467
24192655743423758763
258321768133267

[i] For lengths greater than 25 bp, low sample size prevents simple extrapolation of trends. Note that proportionally less of chromosome III is comprised of intergenic sequences and therefore the two chromosomes are not strictly comparable.