Table 3

Telomeric sequence mutation


Number of mismatches per TTAGGG unit


ITS type
Human
Chimpanzee
Mouse
Rat

Conserved ITS loci (old)
0.29 ± 0.07
0.30 ± 0.08
0.40 ± 0.13
0.34 ± 0.09
Species specific ITS loci (young)
0.13 ± 0.12
0
0.14 ± 0.03
0.12 ± 0.03

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

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