Table 1.

Gonosomal versus autosomal nucleotide composition and repeat content in humans and bovines

^aAverage proportion of guanosine plus cytosine residues in 100-kb windows.

^bAverage proportion of CpG dinucleotides in 100-kb windows.

^cRatio between observed proportion of CpG dinucleotides and expected proportion computed as the product of the frequency of C and G residues.

^dAverage number of CpG islands per kilobase.

^eAverage number of repetitive elements per kilobase for corresponding classes.

^fAverage across autosomes.

^gNumber of corresponding stratum on human X chromosome.