Table 1

Duplications and syntenic breakpoints in the human genome compared with mouse


Total analyzed
Duplication-positive counts*
Duplication-positive bases





Number
bp
%
Number
%
p-value
bp
%
p-value

Duplicated blocks
1,643
72,151,679
2.6
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Break points
461
83,985,399
3.1
122
26.5
< 0.0001
20,030,062
23.8
< 0.0001
Between chromosomes
163
42,496,016
1.5
43
26.4
< 0.0001
7,265,961
17.1
< 0.0001
Different orientations
298
41,489,383
1.5
79
26.5
< 0.0001
12,555,425
30.3
< 0.0001

*A positive breakpoint contained ≥ 10 kb duplicated sequence (continuous sequence).Fraction of genome size (2,745,533,264 bp, which excludes highly duplicated pericentromeric and subtelomeric regions).p < 0.0001, simulated value never exceeded observed in 10,000 replicates. NA, not applicable.

Bailey et al. Genome Biology 2004 5:R23  

Open Data