Table 3

Comparison of genome localization by retroelement lineage

Hypotheses
Test
Group(s) tested
p-values by chromosome
Accept?








1
2
3
4
5


All families are randomly distributed according to a uniform distribution
Uniform goodness of fit, 10,000 random permutations
MV(F)
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
No


PV(F)
0.0000
0.0007
0.0000
0.0022
0.0464
No


MV(S)
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
No


PV(S)
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
No


MV(R)
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
No


PV(R)
0.0000
0.0007
0.0000
0.0097
0.0000
No


NL(R)
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0002
0.0000
No









Retroelement family distributions are organized similarly in the genome
MRPP, 10,000 random permutations
MV(FSR), PV(FSR), NL(R)
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
No


MV(FSR), PV(FSR)
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
No


MV(FSR), NL(R)
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
No


PV(FSR), NL(R)
0.3498
0.8326
0.0241
0.1468
0.1417
Yes









All Metaviridae sublineages have similar distributions
MRPP, 10,000 random permutations
MV Athila, Metavirus, Tat
0.2200
0.1365
0.5676
0.4174
0.2788
Yes


MV Athila, Metavirus
0.1057
0.3010
0.2657
0.4526
0.4453
Yes


MV Athila, Tat
0.1687
0.0970
0.7116
0.3773
0.2781
Yes


MV Metavirus, Tat
0.4903
0.1268
0.7341
0.5753
0.2361
Yes









Metaviridae subtypes have similar distributions
MRPP, 10,000 random permutations
MV(FSR)
0.7742
0.1247
0.0000
0.7425
0.0659
Yes


MV(FS)
0.4544
0.1357
0.0003
0.4435
0.7241
Yes


MV(FR)
0.5184
0.9461
0.5750
0.5480
0.2135
Yes


MV(SR)
0.9068
0.1339
0.0051
0.8194
0.0157
Yes









Pseudoviridae subtypes have similar distributions
MRPP, 10,000 random permutations
PV(FSR)
0.0509
0.2039
0.2199
0.0953
0.0379
Yes


PV(FS)
0.2732
0.0853
0.2665
0.6567
0.0453
Yes


PV(FR)
0.0136
0.5055
0.1185
0.0521
0.0281
Yes


PV(SR)
0.0743
0.5604
0.2513
0.0307
0.3476
Yes

MV, Metaviridae; PV, Pseudoviridae; NL, non-LTR retrotransposon; R, RT-only; S, solo LTR; F, full-length element. p-values < 0.05 are displayed in bold text.

Peterson-Burch et al. Genome Biology 2004 5:R78   doi:10.1186/gb-2004-5-10-r78

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