Table 2

ITS age


Number of ITS (%)


ITS type
Human
Chimpanzee
Mouse
Rat

Conserved ITS loci (old)
75 (90.4)
75 (94.9)
58 (23.8)
58 (23.2)
Species-specific ITS loci (young)
5 (6.0)
4 (5.1)
58 (23.8)
72 (28.8)
Not informative ITS loci*
3 (3.6)
0 (0)
128 (52.5)
120 (48.0)
Total
83
79
244
250

*ITS loci for which the orthologous loci were not found or were grossly rearranged.

Nergadze et al. Genome Biology 2007 8:R260   doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-12-r260

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