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Table 1 The relationship between K S and R expression in each structural category using group B duplicate gene pairs

From: Coding region structural heterogeneity and turnover of transcription start sites contribute to divergence in expression between duplicate genes

Structural categories

Number of gene pairs

K A /K S *

K S *

R expression *

Pearson correlation coefficient of K S versus R expression (P-value)

Completely similar

214

0.296 (0.237)

1.153 (1.225)

0.213 (0.162)

-0.315 (<0.001)

5' similar

24

0.391 (0.311)

1.292 (1.501)

0.053 (0.026)

-0.157 (NS)

3' similar

23

0.302 (0.311)

1.365 (1.610)

0.346 (0.249)

0.019 (NS)

Neither 5' nor 3' similar

520

0.551 (0.456)

1.565 (1.658)

0.126 (0.063)

0.017 (NS)

Incompletely similar (the sum of the above three categories)

567

0.534 (0.444)

1.545 (1.646)

0.132 (0.068)

-0.001 (NS)

Completely and 5' similar

238

0.307 (0.246)

1.167 (1.263)

0.197 (0.151)

-0.307 (<0.001)

  1. *Values are mean (median). NS, not significant.