Table 4

Association of retroelements with heterochromatin

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

All families share a similar probability of being in or outside heterochromatin
MRPP, 10,000 random permutations
MV(FSR), PV(FSR), NL(R)
0.0000
No


MV(FSR), PV(FSR)
0.0000
No


MV(FSR), NL(R)
0.0000
No


PV(FSR), NL(R)
0.0000
No





Metaviridae sublineages have similar heterochromatic distributions
MRPP, 10,000 random permutations
MV Athila, Metavirus, Tat
0.0011
No


MV Athila, Metavirus
0.0016
No


MV Athila, Tat
0.5211
Yes


MV Metavirus, Tat
0.0105
No





Element subtypes have similar heterochromatic distributions
MRPP, 1,000 random permutations
MV(SR), PV(SR), NL(R)
0.0000
No


MV(FR), PV(FR), NL(R)
0.3960
Yes


MV(FS), PV(FS)
0.0000
No





Pseudoviridae subtypes have similar heterochromatic distributions
Pearson's chi-square
PV(FSR)
0.0002
No


PV(FS)
0.0001
No


PV(FR)
0.0073
No


PV(SR)
0.9419
Yes





Metaviridae subtypes have similar heterochromatic distributions
Pearson's chi-square
MV(FSR)
0.0001
No


MV(FS)
0.0002
No


MV(FR)
0.5146
Yes


MV(SR)
0.0159
No

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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