Table 4.

Correlation between alternative splicing and newly evolved exons


Mouse exon category

No. of new exons

Mean no. of ESTs

No. of total exons

% of new exons in each category

% of total new exons
Constitutive 360 11 22,683 1.6% 13.4%
Major 232 20 13,490 1.7% 8.6%
Minor 60 5 816 7.4% 2.2%
Low 742 3 22,846 3.3% 27.5%
Singleton 1301 1 11,204 11.6% 48.3%
Total
2695
5
71,039
3.8%
100%