Analysis of the spatial and temporal arrangement of transcripts over intergenic regions in the human malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Table 1 IGR size and distribution in P. falciparum

Region	IGR Type	n=	Ratio of IGR types¹	Median size (bp)	% change²	Ratio of median size¹
All genome	A	1479	1.00	1938		2.86
	B	2626	1.77	1385		2.05
	C	1483	1.00	677		1.00
Subtelomeric	A	123	0.98	2838	+46.4	1.84
	B	379	3.03	2138	+54.4	1.38
	C	125	1.00	1545	+128.2	1.00
Internal	A	1283	1.01	1905	−1.1	2.95
Internal	B	2118	1.66	1266	−8.6	1.96
	C	1276	1.00	646	−4.6	1.00

¹ Type C IGR is always defined as 1.00. ²% change compared to data from IGR in all genome.

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