Table 3.
Differential Conservation of CpG O/E Status Between Low- and High-CpG Genes in Nasonia vitripennis.
Conserved CpG Group with Apis mellifera | Nonconserved CpG Group with A. mellifera | Proportion Conserved (%) | |
N. vitripennis genes | |||
Low-CpG O/E genes | 2,631 | 369 | 88 |
High-CpG O/E genes | 1,409 | 808 | 64 |
P value (Fisher’s exact test) | <10−16 |
NOTE.—CpG O/E values of N. vitripennis divide into low- and high-CpG genes, representing densely and sparsely methylated genes, respectively. Genes belonging to the low-CpG O/E class in N. vitripennis exhibit significantly greater conservation of CpG O/E status compared with high-CpG O/E genes.