Table 1. Genome wide changes of histone H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 marks from 1 to 4 wk kidney and lung.
Histone Marks at 4 wk | ||||||||||
Kidney | H3K4me3 | H3K27me3 | Bivalent | Negative for both | Total | |||||
Histone Marks at 1 wk | H3K4me3 | 7759 | 49 | 84 | 228 | 8120 | ||||
H3K27me3 | 65 | 2109 | 89 | 193 | 2399 | |||||
Bivalent | 190 | 131 | 303 | 8 | 632 | |||||
Negative for both | 677 | 437 | 14 | 9400 | 10528 | |||||
Histone Marks at 4 wk | ||||||||||
Lung | H3K4me3 | H3K27me3 | Bivalent | Negative for both | Total | |||||
Histone Marks at 1 wk | H3K4me3 | 6995 | 61 | 155 | 696 | 7907 | ||||
H3K27me3 | 10 | 2203 | 57 | 108 | 2378 | |||||
Bivalent | 66 | 158 | 376 | 12 | 612 | |||||
Negative for both | 241 | 467 | 14 | 10060 | 10782 |
Genes were categorized by their histone marks at 1- and 4-wk of age. The vast majority of genes retained their histone marks with age except for bivalent genes, of which only 50–60% remained bivalent from 1-wk to 4-wk.