Figure 1
From: Novel insights into RNAi off-target effects using C. elegans paralogs
Off-target effect predicted to occur with genes having high degree of sequence similarity with the RNAi clones. In this figure, we represent the probability that duplicate pairs can be subject to off-target cross-reaction as a function of the identity between their coding sequences and the sequences of each other's RNAi clones. The maximum percentage identity between the genes and the RNAi clones was calculated over various lengths: 25 nt, 50 nt, 100 nt, 200 nt and 300 nt. The probability is the likelihood that the data (number of WT/WT, WT/PH and PH/PH pairs) fit a model where all duplicates are subject to off-target cross-reaction (see text). From this, we predict that only pairs having high degree of sequence similarity with the RNAi clones (100% over 25 nt, ≥94% over 50 nt, ≥89% over 100 nt, ≥84% over 200 nt and ≥81% over 300 nt) exhibit off-target cross-reaction.