TABLE 2 .
Putative pseudogenes in the MRE genomesa
| ORF type | No. (%) of ORFs |
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|---|---|---|---|
| MRE-CE | MRE-RV | MRE-RC | |
| Non-orphan ORFs | 323 (100) | 526 (100) | 390 (100) |
| ORFs with putative premature stop |
39 (12.1) | 61 (11.6) | 89 (22.8) |
| ORFs with putative loss of stop/start |
36 (11.1) | 49 (9.3) | 30 (7.7) |
a
Putative pseudogenes were identified by comparing MRE non-orphan open reading frames (ORFs) with their homologues. ORFs that were over 50% shorter (putative premature stop codon) and longer (putative loss of stop/start codon) are included.