Gene feature | Housekeeping | Hypervariable | Genome |
---|---|---|---|
CDS length (bp) a | 2624 (s.e. = 89) | 1178 (s.e. = 73) | 1931 (s.e. = 8) |
Gene length (bp) a | 3117 (s.e. = 87) | 1493 (s.e. = 78) | 2229 (s.e. = 8) |
Total exon length (bp) a | 1941 (s.e. = 52) | 1169 (s.e. = 50) | 1568 (s.e. 6) |
Total intron length (bp) a | 1173 (s.e. = 52) | 323 (s.e. = 44) | 660 (s.e. = 4) |
Number of exons (pb) a | 8 (s.e. = 0.31) | 3 (s.e. = 0.24) | 5 (s.e = 0.03) |
Genes without introns | 6% (p = 5E-16) | 33% (p = 0.0007) | 28% |
Average number of transcription factor binding sites b | 27 Ā± 1.2 (p < 0.01) | 46 Ā± 1.8 (p < 0.0001) | 30 Ā± 0.1 |
TATA-containing genes c | 5% (p = 1.3E-6) | 45% (p = 6.1E-15) | 15% |
Genes coding for unstable transcripts d | 0% (n.a.) | 8% (p = 9E-11) | 1% |
Shared among eukaryotes e | 18% (p = 0.002) | 7% | 14% |
Plant-specific e | 11% | 34% (p = 2E-10) | 14% |
Body methylation f | 63% (p = 1.5E-35) | 8% (p = 2E-10) | 34% |
Promoter methylation f | 3% | 3% | 5% |
Body methylation g | 36% (p = 9.1E-21) | 2% (p = 3.8E-8) | 20% |