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Table 8 Summary of the observed and the expected number of CGIs in different genomic features

From: Developmental programming of DNA methylation and gene expression patterns is associated with extreme cardiovascular tolerance to anoxia in the common snapping turtle

Genome feature

Length of feature in genome

Proportion of genome

Observed CpG Islands

Expected CpG Islands

Intergenic region

2,167,077,285

0.96

109,766

193,725

Promoter

22,812,000

0.01

4689

2039

Gene body

67,834,108

0.03

87,373

6064

Total

2,257,723,393

1.0

201,828

201,828

  1. Expected numbers of CGIs in intergenic regions, promoters, and gene bodies were calculated based on the proportion of the snapping turtle genome found in each of these genomic features