Ectopic Gene Conversions in the Genome of Ten Hemiascomycete Yeast Species

Table 5

Gene conversion lengths of pre- and post-WGD species.

Genome	Ohnologs (bp)					Paralogs (bp)					Wilcoxon test 𝑃-value
	Median	1st quartile	3rd quartile	Min	Max	Median	1st quartile	3rd quartile	Min	Max
Post-WGD
S. cerevisiae	272	107	465	60	773	382.5	141	869	8	2642	0.22
S. paradoxus	235	98	354	50	531	106	51.5	232	14	1060	0.17
S. mikatae	165.5	95	431	68	568	167	83	366	14	535	0.64
S. kudriavzevii	270.5	146	395	146	395	136	85	172	25	391	0.19
S. bayanus	149.5	71	315	45	905	126	76	203	21	724	0.50
C. glabrata	83.5	27	140	27	140	130	83.5	386	59	668	0.36
S. castellii	144	118	170	118	170	226	73.5	581.5	44	862	0.69
Pre-WGD
K. lactis	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	99	40	236	32	1127	n.a.
D. hansenii	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	183	104.5	310.5	18	1309	n.a.
Y. lipolytica	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	83	27.5	196	16	1770	n.a.

𝑁𝑜𝑡𝑒. Wilcoxon two-sample tests were used to detect differences between the median gene conversion lengths of ohnologs and paralogs. n.a.: not applicable.