Table 9.

Percent Homology Between 3′ and 5′ Splice Sites

A 223330263830393823308288^493739182038313014303716
B 243230242731283435206376^464131251725202428272625
C 262727272929283127235660^313627272125252626252626

[i] The table shows the average percent of matching bases for 12 nucleotides on either side of the splice site, which is shown by the caret (^). (A) Introns unique to C. briggsae; (B) introns unique to C. elegans; (C) all C. elegans introns.