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Table 2 Contribution of chromosomes or the PAR to genome-wide immune genes

From: SeXY chromosomes and the immune system: reflections after a comparative study

 

GW

Median autosomal

X

Y

PAR

Coding genes (n)

19186

777

841

46

18

Rel. contribution to coding genes (%)

100

4.05

4.38

0.24

0.09

LTEEG (n)

1391

49

36

3

1

Rel. contribution to LTEEG (%)

100

3.52

2.59

0.22

0.07

LTEEGchr./coding geneschr (%)

7.25

6.85

4.28

6.52

5.56

Normalised contribution index

1.00

0.95

0.59

0.90

0.77

GO:0002376 genes* (GO) (n)

2927

111

89

4

4

Rel. contribution to GO (%)

100

3.76

3.04

0.14

0.14

GOchr./coding geneschr. (%)

15.25

15.34

10.58

8.70

22.22

Normalised contribution index

1.00

0.97

0.69

0.57

1.46

  1. GW Genome-wide, PAR Pseudoautosomal region, Rel. relative, * curated number, i.e. gene segments of B and T cell receptor chains considered as one. Crude data and analysis (Additional files 3 and 4).