Table 1. Mu insertion versus gene expression.
| Category | No. Genes | Mean No. reads from various mRNA-seqs | ||
| B73_L11 | B73_L22 | F1_Seedling3 | ||
| Gene | 32,477 | 73 | 230 | 315 |
| Zero-Mu-gene4 | 19,170 | 50 | 156 | 235 |
| Mu-gene5 | 12,983 | 105* | 335* | 428* |
| Hotspot gene6 | 324 | 133* , ** | 423* , ** | 542* , ** |
1
Solexa mRNA-seq of L1 layer of shoot apical meristem (SAM).
2
Solexa mRNA-seq of L2 layer of shoot apical meristem (SAM).
3
Solexa mRNA-seq of 14-day seedlings from reciprocal F1 (B73×Mo17 and Mo17×B73). Data from reciprocal crosses were pooled for this analysis.
4
Genes without Mu insertions.
5
Genes with 1–8 Mu insertions.
6
≥9 Mu insertions per gene.
*: p-value<0.001, Wilcoxon-test of gene expression with zero-Mu-gene group.
**: p-value<0.001, Wilcoxon-test of gene expression with Mu-genes.