Table 1.
The upper limits of the 95% and 99% confidence intervals for sequence homology (%) of ctDNA-homologous mtDNA segments of wheat to random segments of wheat ctDNA, mtDNAs of five green plants and genomic DNA of a prokaryotea)
| Size class of wheat mt-segm’t (bp) | No. random DNA segm’ts examined | Mean sequence homology (%) | Upper confid. interval limit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95% level (%) | 99% level (%) | |||
| 20–40 | 439 | 42.1 | 66.0 | 75.4 |
| 41–70 | 631 | 26.9 | 43.4 | 49.6 |
| 71–100 | 246 | 22.0 | 38.4 | 44.0 |
| 101–150 | 350 | 14.8 | 25.5 | 28.9 |
| 151–200 | 510 | 9.4 | 15.1 | 16.9 |
| 201–300 | 192 | 7.9 | 12.7 | 14.3 |
| 301–500 | 455 | 4.7 | 8.3 | 9.4 |
| 501–1,000 | 124 | 3.2 | 8.0 | 9.5 |
| over 1,000 | 462 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
a) Five green plant and a prokaryote species were used in the analysis: Oryza sativa (monocotyledon), Arabidopsis thaliana (dicotyledon), Cycas taitungensis (gymnosperm), Physcomitrella patens (bryophyte), Chlorokybus atmophyticus (green alga), and Prochlorococcus marinus (prokaryote).