Table 4

Gene feature length, polymorphism and divergence for sex-specific*, sex-biased*, and unbiased genes

X2

p-value

Tukey's HSD summary

Summary§


Number of genes

Length

EXON

247.10

***

Fb≥Fs≥U≥Mb≥Ms

F>U>M

5'UTR

133.27

***

U,Fb≥Mb≥Ms,Fs

NSS>SS

Intron

131.81

***

U≥Mb,Fb,Ms>Fs

NSS>SS

Number of introns

64.44

***

U,Fb≥Mb≥Ms,Fs

NSS>SS

3'UTR

236.01

***

U≥Fb≥Mb>Ms,Fs

NSS>SS

5' intergenic

291.9

***

Ms>Mb,U,Fs≥Fb

M>F,U

3' intergenic

274.6

***

Ms≥Mb≥U,Fb,Fs

M>F,U

Polymorphism

CPR

79.64

***

Fb,Fs,U>Ms,Mb

F,U>M

5'UTR

22.14

0.0002

Ms,Fs≥Fb,Mb≥U

SS>NSS

Nonsynonymous

305.11

***

Ms≥Fs≥Mb≥U,Fb

SS>NSS

Synonymous

33.62

***

Fs,Ms≥Mb≥U,Fb

SS>NSS

First intron

59.49

***

Ms≥Mb≥Fs,U,Fb

M>F,U

All introns

48.10

***

Ms≥Mb≥Fs,Fb,U

M>F,U

3'UTR

156.48

***

Ms≥Mb≥Fs>U>Fb

M>F,U

Divergence

CPR

212.79

***

Fb,Fs>U>Ms,Mb

F>U>M

5'UTR

80.02

***

Fs≥Ms>Fb≥Mb≥U

SS>NSS

Nonsynonymous

533.92

***

Ms>Fs,Mb>Fb,U

SS>NSS

Synonymous

81.82

***

Ms≥Fs,Fb,Mb≥U

SS>NSS

First intron

68.47

***

Ms,Fs≥Mb≥Fb,U

SS>NSS

All introns

55.72

***

Ms≥Fs≥Mb≥Fb,U

SS>NSS

3'UTR

259.87

***

Ms≥Fs≥Mb≥Fb≥U

SS>NSS


*Male- and female-specific sets include genes that are expressed only in that sex, whereas sex-biased are expressed, on average, three-fold higher in one sex than the other. X2 and p-values derived from Kruskal Wallis; three asterisks denote p-value < 0.0001. Ms, male-specific; Mb, male-biased; Fs, female-specific; Fb, female-biased; U, unbiased. §F, female; M, male; U, unbiased; NSS, non-sex-specific; SS, sex-specific. Divergence refers to lineage specific divergence along the D. simulans branch.

Lawniczak et al. Genome Biology 2008 9:R125   doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-8-r125

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