Research Article

K-mer-Based Motif Analysis in Insect Species across Anopheles, Drosophila, and Glossina Genera and Its Application to Species Classification

Table 1

Number of statistically significant genome k-mers and minimum score for all species.

SpeciesNo. of significant k-mersMin. scoreNo. of hits in JASPAR database

Anopheles_albimanus16460.383NA
Anopheles_arabiensis16290.349NA
Anopheles_atroparvus14250.346NA
Anopheles_christyi13660.414NA
Anopheles_cracens15230.433NA
Anopheles_culicifacies14400.371NA
Anopheles_darlingi16460.413NA
Anopheles_dirus16480.387NA
Anopheles_epiroticus15620.375NA
Anopheles_farauti13970.435NA
Anopheles_funestus15790.340NA
Anopheles_gambiae15090.394NA
Anopheles_koliensis13090.461NA
Anopheles_maculatus16130.377NA
Anopheles_melas15510.379NA
Anopheles_merus17550.281NA
Anopheles_minimus14060.379NA
Anopheles_nili12060.427NA
Anopheles_punctulatus12760.456NA
Anopheles_quadriannulatus17710.270NA
Anopheles_sinensis13810.419NA
Anopheles_stephensi16660.369NA
Drosophila_albomicans22790.42823
Drosophila_americana22090.42822
Drosophila_ananassae20670.48122
Drosophila_arizonae22930.40519
Drosophila_biarmipes18990.47519
Drosophila_bipectinata19340.44915
Drosophila_busckii24060.44225
Drosophila_elegans17680.51919
Drosophila_erecta20470.47017
Drosophila_eugracilis18380.42421
Drosophila_ficusphila15910.43519
Drosophila_grimshawi23770.46516
Drosophila_kikkawai18340.46816
Drosophila_melanogaster18050.47220
Drosophila_miranda19730.42928
Drosophila_mojavensis24350.43517
Drosophila_nasuta19810.46815
Drosophila_navojoa22390.50819
Drosophila_obscura20290.50022
Drosophila_persimilis21110.42324
Drosophila_pseudoobscura20460.39326
Drosophila_rhopaloa17570.42717
Drosophila_sechellia18830.45620
Drosophila_serrata18200.41015
Drosophila_simulans17580.49621
Drosophila_suzukii19370.44221
Drosophila_takahashi18340.36420
Drosophila_virilis24150.47523
Drosophila_willistoni22230.42521
Drosophila_yakuba18430.41019
Glossina_austeni17410.367NA
Glossina_brevipalpis19730.360NA
Glossina_fuscipes17870.370NA
Glossina_pallidipes17320.373NA
Glossina_palpalis_gambiensis18100.342NA
Glossina_morsitans_morsitans17350.377NA