Table 1.
Summary of numbers of TPΨgs
| Set or subset of TPΨgs | Total number | Total number (without those mapped to introns) |
|---|---|---|
| Mappings to existing pseudogene annotations | 218 | 154 |
| Pseudogene extraction from Refseq mRNAs | 15 | 12 |
| Total TPΨgs | 233 | 166 |
| Expressed sequence support | ||
| TPΨgs that are supported by Refseq mRNAs | 18 (8%) | 16 (10%) |
| TPΨgs that are supported by Unigene consensus sequences | 74 (32%) | 50 (30%) |
| TPΨgs that are supported by dbEST expressed sequence tags | 167 (72%) | 111 (67%) |
| TPΨgs that are supported by dbEST expressed sequence tags and by either a Refseq mRNA or a Unigene consensus | 38 (16%) | 25 (16%) |
| TPΨgs that are additionally supported by oligonucleotide microarray data | 75 (32%) | 53 (32%) |
| Further evidence of decay | ||
| TPΨgs that have no continuous segment likely to code for a protein domain | 106 (45%) | 70 (42%) |
| TPΨgs that have Ka/Ks ≥ 0.5 | 127 (54%) | 88 (53%) |
| C set (TPΨgs that have no continuous segment likely to code for a protein domain or Ka/Ks ≥ 0.5) | 177 (76%) | 123 (74%) |