Figure 5
From: Gradual transition from mosaic to global DNA methylation patterns during deuterostome evolution
Lengths of methylated (A) and unmethylated (B) regions and the two ratios (C) that can be used as indices of the global methylation pattern. The lengths are shown on a log scale. The consistent tendencies in the lengths and scatter of the lengths can be seen to parallel the course of deuterostome evolution. The ratios of the lengths are indicated by squares and the ratios of the standard deviations of the lengths are by triangles. Laurasiatherians include cow, horse, dog, and cat. Exceptionally high ratios were observed in the cat genome.