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

Figure 4

Chromosome count of short, midlength, and long genes as a function of their content in the 24 human chromosomes. Broadly expressed and tissue-targeted database genes are plotted separately. Note that distinct chromosome constellations are observed in all six chromosome populations. Group 1 and group 2 populations as shown in (d) were employed for studies of the effect of chromosome on gene expression (see Results).