Genomic organization of eukaryotic tRNAs

BMC Genomics

Table 1 Comparison of observed and expected number of tRNA pairs.

Species	Observed	Expected	p-value
B. taurus	28452	22790	0
C. familiaris	4858	4271	0
D. novemcinctus	7918	11498	1
M. domestica	7402	914	0
E. telfairi	49	9.35	0
E. caballus	72	4.42	0
F. catus	8792	11816	1
G. gorilla	40	0.08	0
H. sapiens	97	0.27	0
L. africana	1645	3553	1
M. mulata	168	0.23	0
M. murinus	42	0.06	0
M. musculus	1001	425	0
O. anatinus	27015	25008	0
O. lemur	1364	1285	0
P. troglodytes	78	0.25	0
P. pygmaeus	83	0.28	0
O. cuniculus	118	37.15	0
R. rattus	28198	16148	0

The expectation values are computed by placing the tRNAs at uniformly random position in the genome. Empirical p values are computed from 50 to 1000 replicates.

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