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Table 1 Comparisons of the number, type, and size of intergenic regions (IGR) in four sequenced Theileria parasites (T. parva, T. annulata, T.orientalis, and T. equi)

From: Cis regulatory motifs and antisense transcriptional control in the apicomplexan Theileria parva

Species

IGR Typeb

n

Ratio of IGR typesb

Median Size

Ratio of Median Sizeb

T. parva

5'5'

851

1.00

493

3.21

 

5'3'

1968

2.30

309

2.01

 

3'3'

854

1.00

154

1.00

T. annulata

5'5'

908

1.00

438

3.49

 

5'3'

1949

2.14

277

2.21

 

3'3'

910

1.00

126

1.00

T. orientalis

5'5'

1056

1.00

424

2.09

 

5'3'

1838

1.74

302

1.49

 

3'3'

1054

1.00

203

1.00

T. equi

5'5'

1203

1.00

645

4.76

 

5'3'

2853

2.38

394

2.91

 

3'3'

1198

1.00

136

1.00

  1. aIRG type: genes in head-to-head (5'5'), head-to-tail (5'3') and tail-to-tail (3'3') orientation. bRatio used as a reference (denominator) the value for 3'3' IGRs