Repeats in Exons With the following table: A percentage of gene models that cont
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Repeats in Exons
With the following table:
A percentage of gene models that contains repeats = 31.7%
Explain what you are looking at in this table. Is the percentage of gene models containing a repeat a surprise? Explain.
Regions 61,564 Whole Gene -480,000 Coding exons (CoE) 65,355 Cassette exons (CaE) CoE exon intervals that contain repeats 5,772 CoE repeat intervals from exons 5,997 CaE exon intervals that contain repeats 11,026 CaE repeat intervals from exons 12,019 Unique CaE intervals with Repeats 10,114 4,455 Unique CoE intervals with repeats Unique repeat intervals in CaE 11,088 4,658 Unique repeat intervals in CoE 14,569 Unique exon intervals that contain repeats 15,746 Unique repeat intervals from exons Number of gene models with exon that 19,553 contain repeats Percentage of gene models that contair 31.7% repeatExplanation / Answer
We are looking at the genome information of an eukaryotic organism. It consists of exons, introns and the types of repeats present throughout the genome.
It is not a suprise percentage. This is because the amount of exons is usually very less as compared to non-coding portion. The amount of non-coding DNA is quite large in eukaryotic genome.