Table 1.

Gene expression characteristics of Arabidopsis gene subsets.

Gene subset	Genes	mRNA HL	τ	CV
All genes	9958	4.11	0.287	0.099
α Duplicates	2755	4.21	0.289	0.102
Singleton	2092	4.35	0.277	0.093
Non-α duplicates	5111	3.96	0.290	0.101
CNS negative α duplicates	1130	5.02	0.281	0.099
CNS positive α duplicates	1625	3.57*	0.296*	0.103
α Duplicates with only NT CNSs	454	3.51*	0.304*	0.110*
α Duplicates with only T CNSs	703	4.24*	0.283	0.094*
α Duplicates with T and NT CNSs	468	2.85*	0.319*	0.114*

*p-Value < 0.001 via KS test compared to CNS negative α duplicates.

All values shown for mRNA HL, τ and CV are medians; T, transcribed; CV, coefficient of variation; HL, mRNA half-life (hrs); NT, non-transcribed.