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Plasmodium spp.
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No. genes in gene family
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Mean distance from a PQS (kb)
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Mean distance from a PQS in null dataset (kb)
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Difference between actual & null data (kb)
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Co-distribution (p-values)
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P. falciparum
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61
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101.8
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324.2
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222.4
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Y (p < 0.001)
|
|
P. berghei
|
217
|
356.3
|
414.2
|
57.9
|
Y (p = 0.021)
|
- The distribution of distances between var or pir genes and their nearest PQS was compared to the distribution of distances in a simulated genome containing randomly-located genes. Differences between the actual and null datasets were assessed by Welch’s t-test (2-tailed)
