Table 2.
OIE (obligate insect endosymbiont) Proteins Exhibit Significantly Greater Length Variability than nonOIE (lifestyle other than OIE) Orthologs
| Range | SD | IQR | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flavobacteriaceae | |||
| nonOIE average | 3.87 | 2.48 | 2.80 |
| OIE average | 12.15 | 6.68 | 5.82 |
| t-test P value (nonOIE vs. OIE) | 2.20E−06 | 1.43E−06 | 0.00033 |
| Mann–Whitney P value (nonOIE vs. OIE) | 8.74E−09 | 2.00E−09 | 2.98E−06 |
| Enterobacteriaceae | |||
| nonOIE average | 1.87 | 1.68 | 0.70 |
| OIE average | 7.04 | 3.07 | 3.06 |
| t-test P value (nonOIE vs. OIE) | 1.59E−06 | 0.00016 | 6.99E−07 |
| Mann–Whitney P value (nonOIE vs. OIE) | 1.12E−10 | 4.50E−09 | 4.71E−11 |
Note.—SD, standard deviation; IQR interquartile range. Range represents averages protein lengths for ortholog sets to the exclusion of outliers (as determined by box and whisker plots in R) within each orthologous protein set.