Table 1 System functions of X/Y-linked genes according to the DEF approach
From: SeXY chromosomes and the immune system: reflections after a comparative study
Function | X | Y | nY/nX | PAR | nPAR/nX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%)r | n (%)r | r | n (%)r | r | |
Basal/ubiquitous/unknown | 335 (40.0) | 11 (17.5) | 0.03 | 3 (16.7) | 0.01 |
Development, proliferation, apoptosis | 87 (10.4)3 | 7 (11.1)3 | 0.083 | 6 (33.3)2 | 0.072 |
Immune system | 54 (6.5)4 | 10 (15.9)2 | 0.192 | 8 (44.4)1 | 0.151 |
Nervous system | 108 (12.9)2 | 2 (3.2)4 | 0.025 | 0 (0) | |
Endocrine system | 35 (4.2)5 | 1 (1.6)5 | 0.034 | 1 (5.6)3 | 0.033 |
Reproductive system | 153 (18.3)1 | 32 (50.8)1 | 0.211 | 0 (0) | |
Other systems | 65 (7.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
TOTAL or average | 837 (100) | 63 (100) | 0.09 | 18 (100) | 0.06 |