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Table 1 Ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous substitution rates (Kn/Ks) for recently diverged paralogs (0.05 < Ks < 0.5)

From: Selection in the evolution of gene duplications

 

Archaea

Bacteria

S. cerevisiae

A. thaliana

C. elegans

D. melanogaster

Mammalia

Total number of paralogous clusters

43

330

166

325

318

103

2,948

Average ± standard error (standard deviation)

0.266 ± 0.062 (0.231)

0.346 ± 0.033 (0.301)

0.104 ± 0.020 (0.171)

0.293 ± 0.013 (0.149)

0.244 ± 0.015 (0.162)

0.233 ± 0.041 (0.180)

0.451 ± 0.016 (0.257)