Table 2.
The GC Content of the Two Largest Expanded Gene Families Unique to Haemoproteus tartakovskyi Compared to Three Expanded Gene Families of Plasmodium falciparum (Pf 3D7)
|
H. tartakovskyi |
P. falciparum |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genes | n | Mean GC (%) | SD | Genes | n | Mean GC (%) | SD |
| Cluster1 | 72 | 30.26a | 2.65 | rif | 185 | 32.65b | 2.06 |
| Cluster2 | 13 | 34.35a | 1.42 | var | 83 | 33.78b | 3.41 |
| stevor | 42 | 29.89b | 2.37 | ||||
| All other genes | 5,905 | 28.09 | 4.80 | All other genes | 5,232 | 24.50 | 3.98 |
a
Significantly higher than the mean for all other genes, P < 10−6 (Wilcoxon rank sum test).
b
Significantly higher than the mean for all other genes, P < 10−13 (Wilcoxon rank sum test).