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Table 1 Conservation index (CI) scale

From: Genes with a large intronic burden show greater evolutionary conservation on the protein level

An example of the most distant species with detectable human ortholog

Phylogenic group

Divergence time (million years)

Reference

CI

Homo sapiens

Unique to humans

  

0

Pan troglodytes

Great apes

6

[31]

1

Macaca mullata

Primates

35

[31]

2

Rattus norvegicus

Rodents

90

[31]

3

Gallus gallus

Birds

310

[34]

4

Danio rerio

Fishes

400

[34]

5

Anopheles gambiae

Insects

600

[35]

6

Caenorhabditis elegans

Worms

700

[35]

7

Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Fungi

800

[35]

8

Oryza sativa

Plants

900

[35]

9