Tandemly Arrayed Genes in Vertebrate Genomes

Table 3

Occurrence of parallel, convergent, and divergent orientations among gene pairs. Both absolute numbers and percentages are shown.

	Parallel		Convergent		Divergent
	Genome	TAG	Genome	TAG	Genome	TAG
Human	15843	1379	7625	246	7634	266
	(50.9%)	(72.9%)	(24.5%)	(13.0%)	(24.5%)	(14.1%)
Chimp	12095	1062	6199	191	6203	209
	(49.4%)	(72.6%)	(25.3%)	(13.1%)	(25.3%)	(14.3%)
Macaca	13273	1252	6345	230	6351	238
	(51.1%)	(72.8%)	(24.4%)	(13.4%)	(24.5%)	(13.8%)
Mouse	14307	2401	6705	377	6703	365
	(51.6%)	(76.4%)	(24.2%)	(12.0%)	(24.2%)	(11.6%)
Rat	13967	2127	6604	353	6602	375
	(51.4%)	(74.5%)	(24.3%)	(12.4%)	(24.3%)	(13.1%)
Cattle	8833	605	4518	116	4514	117
	(49.4%)	(72.2%)	(25.3%)	(13.8%)	(25.3%)	(14.0%)
Dog	11116	802	5549	138	5553	141
	(50.0%)	(74.2%)	(25.0%)	(12.8%)	(25.0%)	(13.0%)
Opossum	9861	1641	4864	234	4864	225
	(50.3%)	(78.1%)	(24.8%)	(11.1%)	(24.8%)	(10.7%)
Chicken	8006	581	3963	60	3967	62
	(50.2%)	(82.6%)	(24.9%)	(8.5%)	(24.9%)	(8.8%)
Zebrafish	15228	1865	6102	261	6102	299
	(55.5%)	(76.9%)	(22.2%)	(10.8%)	(22.2%)	(12.3%)
Tetraodon	8806	1563	3363	52	3362	55
	(56.7%)	(93.6%)	(21.7%)	(3.1%)	(21.6%)	(3.3%)