Role of Gene Length in Control of Human Gene Expression: Chromosome-Specific and Tissue-Specific Effects

Figure 2

Distribution of short, midlength, and long genes among the 24 human chromosomes. Tissue-targeted genes are shown in black and broadly expressed in red. Note the higher proportion of long genes with tissue-targeted expression. Note also that the greater proportion of long, tissue-targeted genes is found in nearly all chromosomes (all but chromosome 18).