Table 2.

Intron length comparisons among complete AS genes from P. pinaster and AS from two angiosperm plants

Intron length (nt)	Pinus pinaster AS1	Pinus pinaster AS3	Pinus pinaster AS5	ASN_BAC	Arabidopsis thaliana ASN3 (At5g10240)	Arabidopsis thaliana ASN1 (At3g47340)	Populus trichocarpa AS (Potri.009G072900)	Populus trichocarpa AS (Potri.005G075700)
I1	225	213	124	225	260	422	509	78
I2	101	88	112	101	186	88	156	227
I3	426	136	422*	426	192	82	152	369
I4	119	133	126	119	102	78	94	263
I5	88	112	117	88	184		115	520
I6	132	213	139	132	94			721
I7	219	261	221	219	85	136	89	533
I8	104	104	103	104	84	80	93	81
I9	87	87	87	87	83		96	136
I10	92	89	99	92	209	83	120	453
I11	139	100	109	139	85	91	85	110
I12	89	104	102	89	91		91	236
I13	95	95	90	95	96	93	100	152

*Incomplete Intron. The gene capture model is also included