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. 2013 Jul 11;9(7):e1003620. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003620

Table 2. An overabundance of Grs expressed in female legs are the result of Heliconius-specific duplication.

Gene Family Gene duplication Gene Expression
Female-specific Both sexes P value
Gr Heliconius-specific 15 20 0.019
Conserved* 1 13
Or § Heliconius-specific 6 12 0.483
Conserved* 5 19
*

Consists of single-copy genes in H. melpomene; in the monarch or Bombyx genomes, homologues are either single-copy or duplicate genes with bootstrap support ≥80%.

Fisher's exact test, two-tailed, d.f. = 1.

Excludes Gr39 because of poor coverage in the reference genome read-mapping.

§

Excludes Or20 and Or24 because of coverage in the reference genome.