A method for identifying alternative or cryptic donor splice sites within gene and mRNA sequences. Comparisons among sequences from vertebrates, echinoderms and other groups

Table 4 Evaluating the donor splice site models using three different sources of sequences.

Evaluation Sequences	Assessment*	Purpuratus Model	Vertebrate Model
S. purpuratus	Sp	0.054	0.045
	Sn	0.940	0.943
	CC	0.196	0.172
	SMC	0.786	0.738
	ACP	0.694	0.681
	AC	0.389	0.361
Vertebrates	Sp	0.037	0.026
	Sn	0.914	0.947
	CC	0.169	0.139
	SMC	0.868	0.804
	ACP	0.705	0.694
	AC	0.409	0.388
Protostomes	Sp	0.066	0.046
	Sn	0.894	0.892
	CC	0.225	0.181
	SMC	0.885	0.833
	ACP	0.711	0.692
	AC	0.422	0.385

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