The ability of human nuclear DNA to cause false positive low-abundance heteroplasmy calls varies across the mitochondrial genome

Table 1 Longest common and longest similar subsequences in mitochondrial genes

Gene Name	Length	Start Position	End Position	Maximum Length of Longest Common Subsequences	Average Length of Longest Common Subsequences	Maximum Length of Longest Similar Subsequences	Average Length of Longest Similar Subsequences
TRNF	71	577	647	93	55.2	127	85.2
RNR1	954	648	1601	219	108.3	228	139.9
TRNV	69	1602	1670	97	95.0	133	128.8
RNR2	1559	1671	3229	99	51.3	155	81.1
TRNL1	75	3230	3304	42	28.6	46	37.3
ND1	956	3307	4262	207	74.0	263	108.6
TRNI	69	4263	4331	207	174.8	417	285.9
TRNQ	72	4400	4329	137	137.0	417	417.0
TRNM	68	4402	4469	279	162.7	417	417.0
ND2	1042	4470	5511	279	131.9	417	242.3
TRNW	68	5512	5579	81	81.0	322	322.0
TRNA	69	5655	5587	240	240.0	322	322.0
TRNN	73	5729	5657	240	240.0	322	322.0
TRNC	66	5826	5761	240	219.8	322	316.3
TRNY	66	5891	5826	182	144.7	380	351.6
COX1	1542	5904	7445	245	145.7	380	255.8
TRNS1	69	7514	7446	204	204.0	333	333.0
TRND	68	7518	7585	204	129.8	333	333.0
COX2	684	7586	8269	188	86.4	333	169.4
TRNK	70	8295	8364	188	188.0	251	251.0
ATP8	207	8366	8572	188	76.2	251	177.3
ATP6	681	8527	9207	141	97.4	224	183.6
COX3	784	9207	9990	126	71.4	207	140.4
TRNG	68	9991	10058	32	29.4	50	45.0
ND3	346	10059	10404	41	24.4	76	36.6
TRNR	65	10405	10469	57	49.4	83	81.6
ND4L	297	10470	10766	57	33.6	84	63.6
ND4	1378	10760	12137	71	37.1	117	70.6
TRNH	69	12138	12206	52	44.9	78	78.0
TRNS2	59	12207	12265	58	50.3	78	62.3
TRNL2	71	12266	12336	58	51.8	61	59.6
ND5	1812	12337	14148	77	34.1	92	53.0
ND6	525	14673	14149	91	52.4	110	78.5
TRNE	69	14742	14674	75	75.0	110	89.0
CYTB	1141	14747	15887	62	27.4	87	43.3
TRNT	66	15888	15953	26	20.0	30	24.0
TRNP	68	15956	16023	32	26.6	40	36.1

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