Table 5 |
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Comparison of LTR retroelement age distributions |
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| Hypotheses |
Test |
Group(s) tested |
Chromosome p-values |
Accept? |
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| Metaviridae and Pseudoviridae have similar age distributions in the genome |
MRPP, 10,000 random permutations |
MV(F), PV(F) |
0.0000 |
No |
| Metaviridae sublineages have similar age distributions |
MRPP, 10,000 random permutations |
MV Athila, Metavirus, Tat |
0.0000 |
No |
| MV Athila, Metavirus |
0.0000 |
No |
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| MV Athila, Tat |
0.0003 |
No |
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| MV Metavirus, Tat |
0.4618 |
Yes |
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| Metaviridae age distributions are similar whether the elements are in or out of heterochromatin |
MRPP, 10,000 random permutations |
MV(F) |
0.0021 |
No |
| Metaviridae sublineage age distributions are similar whether they are in or outside
heterochromatin |
MRPP, 10,000 random permutations |
MV Athila |
0.0410 |
No |
| MV Metavirus |
0.5747 |
Yes |
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| MV Tat |
0.0457 |
No |
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| Pseudoviridae age distributions are similar whether the elements are in or outside
heterochromatin |
MRPP, 10,000 random permutations |
PV(F) |
0.0167 |
No |
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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. |
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Peterson-Burch et al. Genome Biology 2004 5:R78 doi:10.1186/gb-2004-5-10-r78 |
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