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. 2010 Jul 21;5(7):e11695. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011695

Table 5. Retained introns (IRs) with a premature stop codon that not target the mRNA for NMD.

Homo sapiens Mus musculus Rattus norvegicus Bos taurus
Retained introns 5029 970 261 522
Number of genes with a IR. 3111 770 205 416
Avg. size of IR. 421 nt 180 nt 210 nt 202 nt
IR (3n) 33.5% 34% 36% 35%

Percentage of retained introns whose length is multiple of 3.