Table I. Statistical measurements of NOL score distributions.

Organism/Region	Regiona	Total bp	NOL Score Percentiles
			Minimum	0.01	0.05	0.25	0.5	0.75	0.95	0.99	Maximum
		Mbp
Human	Whole genome	3,160	−5.19	−2.30	−1.99	−1.47	−0.95	−0.12	0.86	2.07	9.01
Maize	Whole genome	2.1	−5.63	−2.15	−1.82	−1.08	−0.25	0.91	2.93	4.26	9.96
Maize chromosome 9	Chromosome 9	159	−5.63	−2.15	−1.82	−1.08	−0.25	0.93	2.94	4.26	9.96
Maize chromosome 9	Randomized	159	−2.95	−1.62	−1.19	−0.47	0.10	0.71	1.67	2.38	6.17
Mitochondria	Whole genome	0.57	−2.83	−1.92	−1.55	−0.92	−0.37	0.25	1.32	2.23	5.73
Chloroplast	Whole genome	0.14	−2.70	−2.12	−1.83	−1.23	−0.67	0.00	1.12	1.95	4.20
E. coli	Whole genome	4.6	−3.19	−1.68	−1.05	0.04	0.77	1.49	2.53	3.27	5.79

^aDNA sequence sources are described in “Materials and Methods.”