Table 1. Evolutionary rate vs. expression correlations (Kendall's τ) relative to four yeast species for S. cerevisiae genes, including and excluding preferred codons.
| τ
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| All codons
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Codons with relative adaptedness <0.5
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| Ortholog (no. of genes) | dN-expr | dS-expr | dN-expr | dS-expr |
| S. bayanus (2,614) | −0.300*** | −0.181*** | −0.273*** | −0.010 |
| S. mikatae (2,102) | −0.335*** | −0.163*** | −0.302*** | −0.009 |
| S. paradoxus (4,383) | −0.340*** | −0.153*** | −0.303*** | +0.046** |
| S. kudriavzevii (2,193) | −0.340*** | −0.162*** | −0.314*** | −0.004 |
*, P < 10−2; **, P < 10−4; ***, P < 10−6.