TABLE 2.
Observed and predicted operon size distributions for model 3
| Operon size (i) | No. of C. elegans operons (genes) |
No. of Ciona operons (genes) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observed | Model 3 “exact” predictiona | Observed | Model 3 “exact” predictiona | |
| 1 | — (17,339) | 3,434.0 (3,434.0) | — (12,345) | 8,366.0 (8,366.0) |
| 2 | 773 (1,546) | 784.4 (1,568.9) | 1,079 (2,158) | 1,079.3 (2,158.5) |
| 3 | 243 (729) | 238.9 (716.8) | 185 (555) | 185.6 (556.9) |
| 4 | 87 (348) | 81.9 (327.4) | 36 (144) | 35.9 (143.7) |
| 5 | 32 (160) | 29.9 (149.6) | 8 (40) | 7.4 (37.0) |
| 6 | 8 (48) | 11.4 (68.3) | 2 (12) | 1.6 (9.6) |
| 7 | 4 (28) | 4.5 (31.2) | ||
| 8 | 3 (24) | 1.8 (14.3) | ||
| Total | 1,150 (20,222) | 4,586.7 (6,317.0) | 1,310 (15,254) | 9,676.4 (11,275.6) |
a
The model predicts <1 operon being present of size i > 8 for C. elegans or i > 6 for Ciona.