Table 3. Predicted genes and their EST matches in cereals.

		Nos. of predicted genes matching ESTs
Types of predicted genes	Total no.	ESTs in wheat, <E–30	ESTs in cereals, <E–20
Total predicted genes	71*	48	56
Retrotransposon homology	47†	40	40
DNA transposon homology	7†	4	5
No protein homology	13‡	2	7
Non-Triticeae homology	4‡	2	4

^*Predicted by fgenesh

^†Identified by cross_match and blastx (<E^–10)

^‡Identified by blastx (<E^–10) against the nr Peptide Sequence Section of Genbank