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. 2004 Mar 8;5(4):R23. doi: 10.1186/gb-2004-5-4-r23

Table 1.

Duplications and syntenic breakpoints in the human genome compared with mouse

Total analyzed Duplication-positive counts* Duplication-positive bases



Number bp % Number % p-value bp % p-value
Duplicated blocks 1,643 72,151,679 2.6 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Break points 461 83,985,399 3.1 122 26.5 < 0.0001 20,030,062 23.8 < 0.0001
Between chromosomes 163 42,496,016 1.5 43 26.4 < 0.0001 7,265,961 17.1 < 0.0001
Different orientations 298 41,489,383 1.5 79 26.5 < 0.0001 12,555,425 30.3 < 0.0001

*A positive breakpoint contained ≥ 10 kb duplicated sequence (continuous sequence).Fraction of genome size (2,745,533,264 bp, which excludes highly duplicated pericentromeric and subtelomeric regions).p < 0.0001, simulated value never exceeded observed in 10,000 replicates. NA, not applicable.