Table 2.

Comparison of the frequency of chromosomal bins with different gene densities for wheat, maize, and rice


Relative gene density per bin (observed/expected)

No. of bins (%)
Lower limit
Upper limit
Wheata
Maize
Rice (chromosome 10 only)
0 0.5 33 (21) 53 (33) 0 (0)
0.51 1.0 41 (26) 39 (25) 10 (59)
1.10 1.5 37 (23) 32 (20) 5 (29)
1.51 2.0 25 (16) 19 (12) 2 (12)
2.01 23 (14) 16 (10) 0 (0)
Total

159 (100)
159 (100)
17 (100)

a Data from Qi et al. (2004)