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Table 2 Average GC content calculated in the first 5,000 nt flanking regions of the Helena copies, and of the intergenic and gene (exon plus introns) regions from Drosophila genomes

From: The evolutionary dynamics of the Helena retrotransposon revealed by sequenced Drosophila genomes

 

5,000 bp1

Intergenic regions1

Gene regions1

Species

upstream

downstream

  

D. melanogaster 2

43.08 ± 0.99

41.76 ± 0.91

38.08 ± 0.06

46.78 ± 0.06

D. simulans 2

40.60 ± 0.54

40.39 ± 0.52

39.92 ± 0.06

50.04 ± 0.05

D. sechellia

40.97 ± 0.41

41.02 ± 0.50

39.35 ± 0.05

50.03 ± 0.04

D. yakuba

40.43 ± 1.08

41.48 ± 0.83

38.78 ± 0.05

49.99 ± 0.05

D. erecta

36.80 ± 1.80

40.75 ± 1.25

39.08 ± 0.05

50.44 ± 0.05

D. ananassae

39.83 ± 0.56

39.62 ± 0.59

37.48 ± 0.05

49.44 ± 0.05

D. mojavensis

39.44 ± 0.95

37.17 ± 1.11

35.34 ± 0.05

47.81 ± 0.06

D. virilis

39.66 ± 0.90

40.00 ± 0. 89

36.52 ± 0.05

48.24 ± 0.05

  1. 1Mean ± SE;
  2. 2Helena copies [18].