TE Copy Number (Per MB) and Genome Characteristics in Regions of Reduced Recombination Compared With the Chromosome Arms
Reduced recombination | Chromosome arms | |
|---|---|---|
| Class Ia | 16.3*** | 3.5 |
| gypsy | 33.0*** | 0.3 |
| Class II | 30.6*** | 10.2 |
| CACTA | 6.5*** | 0.16 |
| Class III | 16.9*** | 6.7 |
| GC content | 0.368** | 0.361 |
| Exon density (per Mb) | 417** | 1300 |
| Fraction of coding DNA | 0.131*** | 0.326 |
| Intron size (bp)b | 188.9** | 167.2 |
Significance levels are given for the Mann-Whitney U test, *, P <0.05
a Class I elements include those insertins that could be definitively classified as copia-like, LINE-like, and SINE-like
b Excludes contribution of TE insertions to intron length
** , P <0.01
*** , P <0.001