Multidimensional Scaling Applied to Histogram-Based DNA Analysis

Table 1

Main characteristics of the twenty species and their chromosomes.

Species	Tag	Group	Chromosomes
Human	Hu	mammal	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 X Y
Chimpanzee	Ch	mammal	1 2a 2b 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 X Y
Orangutan	Or	mammal	1 2a 2b 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 X
Rhesus	Rm	mammal	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 X
Pig	Po	mammal	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 X
Opossum	Op	mammal	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 X
Horse	Eq	mammal	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 X
Dog	Dg	mammal	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 X
Ox	Ox	mammal	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 X
Mouse	Mm	mammal	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 X Y
Rat	Rn	mammal	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 X
Chicken	Ga	ave	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 W Z
Zebra finch	Tg	ave	1a 1b 1 2 3 4 4a 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Z
Zebra fish	Zf	fish	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Tetraodon	Tn	fish	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Mosquito	Ag	insect	2l 2r 3l 3r X
Honey bee	Am	insect	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
C. elegans	Ce	worm	1 2 3 4 5 X
C. briggsae	Cb	worm	1 2 3 4 5 X
Yeast	Sc	fungus	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

(Note: CRs, Ga32, and Tg16 were ignored due to their very small base pair count).