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Table 2 Fisher exact test of genomic distributions

From: The sex-biased brain: sexual dimorphism in gene expression in two species of songbirds

 

zebra finch observed

common whitethroat observed

Expected if distribution was random

female-biased genes

   

Z-linked

0.777 (7)

0.056 (1)

0.056

Autosomal

0.222 (2)

0.944 (11)

0.944

p value Fisher exact test

0.0055

NS

 

male-biased genes

   

Z-linked

0.975 (351)

0.895 (231)

0.056

Autosomal

0.0025 (9)

0.105 (27)

0.944

p value Fisher exact test

1.30E-165

3.00E-94

 
  1. Observed and expected genomic distribution of all annotated sex-biased genes that show non-ambiguous regulation. Number of genes in parentheses.