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. 2000 May;10(5):672–678. doi: 10.1101/gr.10.5.672

Table 1.

Gene Distribution in Different Isochore Classes According to the Number of Retropseudogenes

No. of retropseudogenes Isochore (%)


L1 + L2 H1 + H2 H3



0 31 39 30
1 47 35 18
2 56 40 4
≥3 69 31 0

The isochore class into which genes are located was predicted according to their GC content at third codon positions (GC3): GC3 <57% for L1 + L2 isochores, GC3 <75% for H1 + H2 isochores and GC3 ≥75% for H3 isochores (Bernardi 1993).