Table 4

A comparison of the Kn/Ks ratios for paralogs and orthologs

Bacteria

Mammals


All proteins

Paralogs

0.346 ± 0.033 (0.301)

0.451 ± 0.016 (0.257)

Orthologs

0.164 ± 0.004 (0.128)

0.131 ± 0.003 (0.131)

Proteins with predicted signal peptides (probably secreted)

Paralogs

0.352 ± 0.079 (0.137)

0.476 ± 0.038 (0.239)

Orthologs

0.184 ± 0.014 (0.118)

0.197 ± 0.014 (0.174)

Predicted membrane proteins

Paralogs

0.342 ± 0.036 (0.185)

0.448 ± 0.030 (0.246)

Orthologs

0.162 ± 0.004 (0.107)

0.142 ± 0.004 (0.132)


The numbers are the average Kn/Ks ratio ± standard error (standard deviation), 0.05 < Ks < 0.5.

Kondrashov et al. Genome Biology 2002 3:research0008.1   doi:10.1186/gb-2002-3-2-research0008

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