Table 4.

Perfect synteny blocks, operons, and their corresponding genomic coverage, size and range in C. elegans.

Chromosome	All perfect synteny blocks						Operons
	Synteny blocks	Coverage (%)	Mean (Kb)	Median (Kb)	Range (Kb)	Range (genes)	Operons	Coverage (%)	Mean (Kb)	Median (Kb)	Range (Kb)	Range (genes)
I	445	53.4	18.3	13.6	[2.0-102.9]	[2-17]	246	16.5	10.2	8.0	[1.1-81.6]	[2-8]
II	525	47.1	16.0	11.3	[1.0-111.9]	[2-24]	203	11.2	8.4	6.3	[1.6-51.9]	[2-8]
III	442	54.1	18.1	14.5	[0.6-75.8]	[2-20]	264	17.5	9.1	7.6	[1.1-33.0]	[2-7]
IV	525	43.6	16.6	12.4	[1.0-95.7]	[2-20]	196	9.7	8.7	6.9	[1.1-46.7]	[2-7]
V	690	43.3	15.2	9.0	[0.9-201.2]	[2-42]	154	5.6	7.6	5.6	[1.6-41.5]	[2-7]
X	431	65.4	32.4	23.4	[1.0-168.2]	[2-25]	57	2.1	6.5	6.2	[1.7-23.6]	[2-3]
Total	3,058	51.1	18.8	12.7	[0.6-201.2]	[2-42]	1,120	9.8	8.8	6.8	[1.1-81.6]	[2-8]