TABLE 1.
High association of cointegration with gene conversion in all the HJ migration mutants
| Strain (relevant genotype) | No. of cointegrates with:
|
P valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gene conversion | No gene conversion | ||
| CFNX55 (wild type) | 84 | 12 | 0 |
| CFNX728 (ruvB::loxPSp) | 37 | 13 | 8 × 10−11 |
| CFNX729 (recG::loxPSp) | 43 | 7 | 0 |
| CFNX730 (radA::loxPSp) | 40 | 10 | 0 |
| CFNX732 (ruvB::loxP recG::loxPSp) | 36 | 14 | 9 × 10−9 |
| CFNX733 (ruvB::loxP radA::loxP) | 38 | 12 | 2 × 10−13 |
| CFNX734 (recG::loxP radA::loxPSp) | 42 | 8 | 0 |
a
Probability that the observed distribution agrees with the null expectation (cointegrates with gene conversion being equal to cointegrates without gene conversion), evaluated by a nonparametrical binomial test. All P values are significant at the 5% level.