Genomics and Applied Biology, 2010, Vol.1 No.3
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Table 1 Distribution test of genes among chromosomes of
Populus
by Poisson calculator
Chromosome
A,T,G,C
readings
(bp)
No. of
Gene
Expect No.
of Gene
Distribution
test (p
value)
Significance
)
(
ij
mP
ij
or
)
(
ij
mP
ij
A,T,G,C readings of
transcripts (bp)
Genes with
EST Proof
LG_I
31073085
3168
3298
0.012
*
-
3 714 996
514
LG_II
23365393
2681
2480
0.000
**+
3 169 289
476
LG_III
17446680
1849
1852
0.482
2 241 785
312
LG_IV
15079815
1433
1600
0.000
**
-
1 624 733
236
LG_V
16635682
1701
1766
0.063
1 957 848
295
LG_VI
17657228
1966
1874
0.017
*+
2 402 959
326
LG_VII
11904284
1286
1263
0.257
1 462 110
210
LG_VIII
15448287
1979
1640
0.000
**+
2 344 995
351
LG_IX
12408518
1627
1317
0.000
**+
1 879 011
318
LG_X
19213814
2337
2039
0.000
**+
2 732 426
480
LG_XI
13171956
1275
1398
0.000
**
-
1 465 093
165
LG_XII
13024900
1274
1382
0.002
**
-
1 464 484
164
LG_XIII
11495653
1155
1220
0.032
*
-
1 358 065
153
LG_XIV
13682591
1422
1452
0.219
1 635 836
248
LG_XV
10190784
1208
1082
0.000
**+
1 318 402
189
LG_XVI
12122487
1297
1287
0.378
1 490 746
202
LG_XVII
5444010
454
578
0.000
**
-
513 598
55
LG_XVIII
12437986
889
1320
0.000
**
-
1 385 337
197
LG_XIX
10250695
933
1088
0.000
**
-
1 042 867
124
Genome wide
282053848
29934
29934
35 204 580
5 015
Note: * Significant at =0.05; ** significant at =0.01; “-” following the “*” indicates less than expected number at corresponding
significant level; “+” following the “*” indicates more abundant than expected number at corresponding significant level
Table 2 Comparison of gene densities on the chromosomes that share duplication segments
Chromosome
Gene density
Chromosome
Gene density
Ⅱ
More abundant than expected
Ⅴ
As expected
Ⅱ
More abundant than expected
XIV
As expected
Ⅳ
As expected
Ⅶ
As expected
Ⅰ
Sparser than expected
Ⅲ
As expected
Ⅸ
More abundant than expected
Ⅷ
More abundant than expected
Ⅻ
Sparser than expected
XV
More abundant than expected
XVIII
Sparser than expected
XVIII
More abundant than expected
Ⅵ
More abundant than expected
Ⅵ
As expected
Note: The “expected” number of genes on the corresponding chromosome is listed in column 4 in table 1
length of these genes is 2 690 bp, and the median
length is 1 951 bp, indicating the significant
skewness to genes in short lengths. The minimum
length of gene is 149 bp, whereas the largest gene