Table 3 Summary of exemplar studies exploring the diversity of nCpG distributions in vertebrate genomes.
Group | Species | Region profiled | nCpG distribution | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mammals | Homo sapiens | Promoters | Bimodal | 1, 2, 3 |
Introns | Unimodal | 2 | ||
Pan troglodytes | Promoters | Bimodal | 3 | |
Gorilla gorilla | Promoters | Bimodal | 3 | |
Pongo abelii | Promoters | Bimodal | 3 | |
Macaca mulatta | Promoters | Bimodal | 3 | |
Monodelphis domestica | Promoters | Bimodal | 3 | |
Mus musculus | Promoters | Bimodal | 3 | |
Ornithorhynchus anatinus | Promoters | Unimodal | 3 | |
Birds | Gallus gallus | Promoters | Bimodal | 2, 3 |
Introns | Unimodal | 2 | ||
Reptiles | Chrysemys picta | Promoters | Bimodal | This study |
Introns | Bimodal | This study | ||
Exons | Bimodal | This study | ||
Intergenic | Bimodal | This study | ||
Amphibians | Xenopus tropicalis | Promoters | Bimodal | 2 |
Introns | Unimodal | 2 | ||
Fish | Danio rerio | Promoters | Bimodal | 2 |
Introns | Unimodal | 2 | ||
Tunicates | Ciona intestinalis | Promoters | Unimodal | 2 |
Introns | Bimodal | 2 |