Table 1.
Statistical data on the methylated and unmethylated regions in deuterostomes
| Methylated regions | Unmethylated regions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deuterostome species | Boundary (CpG score) | Mean (bp) | SD (bp) | Mean (bp) | SD (bp) | Ratio of lengths | Ratio of SDs |
| Sea urchin | 0.436 | 3635.6 | 3944.7 | 6554.9 | 11928.6 | 1.803 | 3.024 |
| Lancelet | 0.489 | 4761.9 | 4982.9 | 7689.1 | 11142.2 | 1.615 | 2.236 |
| Ascidian | 0.721 | 5314.6 | 5570.8 | 6785.9 | 9550.2 | 1.277 | 1.714 |
| Zebrafish | 0.535 | 5401.0 | 5695.4 | 3402.7 | 3206.9 | 0.630 | 0.563 |
| Frog | 0.448 | 7678.6 | 8523.9 | 2190.2 | 1608.9 | 0.285 | 0.189 |
| Anole | 0.332 | 10050.1 | 11854.7 | 3275.2 | 3650.7 | 0.326 | 0.308 |
| Chicken | 0.375 | 20112.8 | 27862.0 | 2359.5 | 1931.9 | 0.117 | 0.069 |
| Platypus | 0.368 | 8584.3 | 12368.2 | 3958.6 | 5626.0 | 0.461 | 0.455 |
| Opossum | 0.233 | 26111.6 | 35360.4 | 2640.6 | 2626.1 | 0.101 | 0.074 |
| Dog | 0.432 | 39580.4 | 71275.6 | 3105.2 | 3588.5 | 0.078 | 0.050 |
| Mouse | 0.318 | 38228.3 | 57618.0 | 2387.5 | 1657.3 | 0.062 | 0.029 |
| Human | 0.340 | 25535.8 | 38772.9 | 2621.2 | 2715.3 | 0.103 | 0.070 |