Table 3.
Summary of Properties for CNS Identified in Comparisons of 75 Maize-Rice Orthologous Gene Pairs
| Property | Mean ± SD | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Number of blocks per kilobase pair of noncoding sequence |
11.98 ± 6.44 | 1.1 to 31.4 |
| CNS block length | 11.86 ± 6.02 | 7 to 88 |
| Percentage of total noncoding sequence within CNS |
15.2 ± 8.3 | 1.1 to 33.8 |
| Percentage of promoter sequence contained within CNS |
8.7 ± 5.6 | 1.1 to 24.8 |
| Percentage of 5′ untranslated leader sequence contained within CNS |
28.6 ± 30.74 | 0 to 100 |
| Percentage of intron sequence contained within CNS |
23.1 ± 13.53 | 5.2 to 45 |
| Percentage of 3′ untranslated region sequence contained within CNS |
14.5 ± 9.25 | 0 to 35.4 |
All comparisons used VISTA with parameters of >70% identity in a 10-bp window.