Research Article
Role of Gene Length in Control of Human Gene Expression: Chromosome-Specific and Tissue-Specific Effects
Table 1
Gene expression in group 1 compared to group 2 chromosomes.
| Chromosome pool | Long genes | Short genes | All genes |
| Group 1: high long gene contenta | | | | Mean transcriptionc | 23.0 | 465.7 | 109.4 | Std error | 2.1 | 188.2 | 28.0 | No. of genes | 490 | 198 | 1408 | Group 2: low long gene contentb | | | | Mean transcription | 18.0 | 155.7 | 98.8 | Std error | 3.3 | 40.2 | 19.5 | No. of genes | 112 | 295 | 887 | All chromosomes | | | | Mean transcription | 21.5 | 267.9 | 101.4 | Std error | 1.7 | 75.7 | 17.9 | No. of genes | 636 | 518 | 2413 |
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aGroup 1: chromosomes 2-10, 12-15, and 18. bGroup 2: chromosomes 1, 11, 16-17, 19-20, 22, and 24. cRPKM.
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