Table 1.
Summary of relative mRNA abundance measures, based on EST sequence data
| Organism | Genes, no.
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| All | No Est | Expression
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All | mRNA abundance × 105, expression
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| Low | Moderate | High | Low | Moderate | High | ||||
| C. elegans | 8,133 | 4,495 | 1,150 | 1,242 | 1,246 | 9 (0–525) | 4 (3–5) | 10 (7–16) | 44 (17–525) |
| D. melanogaster | 1,550 | 675 | 214 | 330 | 331 | 16 (0–819) | 7 (5–10) | 13 (11–21) | 57 (22–819) |
| A. thaliana | 2,917 | 1,720 | 638 | 289 | 270 | 3 (0–146) | 3 (3–3) | 6 (6–6) | 16 (8–146) |
Number of genes and average relative mRNA abundance (range) are indicated for all genes and for each class of expression.