TABLE 4.
Comparison of genome means to meiosis gene-set means: nucleotide expected heterozygosity and polarized divergence are reported
| Meiosis means (πS) | Genome means (πS) | Meiosis means (πN) | Genome means (πN) | Meiosis means (dS) | Genome means (dS) | Meiosis means (dN) | Genome means (dN) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North American D. melanogaster | 0.013 | 0.005a | 0.001 | 0.001a | 0.073 | 0.073b | 0.011 | 0.007b |
| African D. melanogaster | 0.020 | 0.022a | 0.002 | — | 0.071 | — | 0.011 | — |
| D. simulans | 0.039 | 0.032b | 0.005 | 0.003b | 0.065 | 0.054b | 0.013 | 0.007b |
| D. yakuba | — | — | — | — | 0.272 | 0.230b | 0.054 | 0.027b |
πS, synonymous expected heterozygosity; πN, nonsynonymous expected heterozygosity; dS, synonymous divergence; dN, nonsynonymous divergence.
a
Data are from Andolfatto (2001).
b
Data are from Begun et al. (2007).