Characteristics of conserved noncoding sequences (CNS) detected with mVISTA in comparisons of non-Hox gene regions between D. melanogaster (mel), D. pseudoobscura (pse), and D. buzzatii (buz)
Region | Noncoding nucleotides | Species pair | Number of CNS | Densitya (SD) | Mean size (nt) (SD) | Mean nucleotide identity (%) | Sequence in CNS (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CG1288-CG2520 | 18,333 | mel/pse | 127 | 6.93 (0.61) | 43.48 (28.16) | 86.31 | 30.12 |
| mel/buz | 65 | 3.55 (0.44) | 45.26 (31.51) | 86.30 | 16.05 | ||
| pse/buz | 67 | 3.65 (0.45) | 42.44 (29.40) | 86.81 | 15.59 | ||
| CG17836-CG14290 | 10,921 | mel/pse | 46 | 4.21 (0.62) | 45.02 (33.27) | 82.67 | 18.96 |
| mel/buz | 18 | 1.65 (0.39) | 39.61 (22.67) | 82.88 | 6.53 | ||
| pse/buz | 22 | 2.01 (0.43) | 42.09 (24.34) | 84.34 | 8.48 | ||
| CG31363 | 27,510 | mel/pse | 153 | 5.56 (0.45) | 35.51 (14.95) | 87.17 | 19.75 |
| mel/buz | 22 | 0.80 (0.17) | 26.09 (3.94) | 82.93 | 2.09 | ||
| pse/buz | 23 | 0.84 (0.17) | 28.78 (7.70) | 83.23 | 2.41 | ||
| Total | 56,764 | mel/pse | 326 | 5.74 (0.32) | 39.96 (24.15) | 86.09 | 22.95 |
| non-Hox gene regions | mel/buz | 105 | 1.84 (0.18) | 40.28 (27.50) | 85.27 | 7.45 | |
| pse/buz | 112 | 1.97 (0.19) | 39.59 (25.88) | 85.76 | 7.83 |
a Density = number of CNS per kilobase.