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Table 1 Statistical data on the methylated and unmethylated regions in deuterostomes

From: Gradual transition from mosaic to global DNA methylation patterns during deuterostome evolution

  

Methylated regions

Unmethylated regions

  

Deuterostome species

Boundary (CpG score)

Mean (bp)

SD (bp)

Mean (bp)

SD (bp)

Ratio of lengths

Ratio of SDs

Sea urchin

0.436

3635.6

3944.7

6554.9

11928.6

1.803

3.024

Lancelet

0.489

4761.9

4982.9

7689.1

11142.2

1.615

2.236

Ascidian

0.721

5314.6

5570.8

6785.9

9550.2

1.277

1.714

Zebrafish

0.535

5401.0

5695.4

3402.7

3206.9

0.630

0.563

Frog

0.448

7678.6

8523.9

2190.2

1608.9

0.285

0.189

Anole

0.332

10050.1

11854.7

3275.2

3650.7

0.326

0.308

Chicken

0.375

20112.8

27862.0

2359.5

1931.9

0.117

0.069

Platypus

0.368

8584.3

12368.2

3958.6

5626.0

0.461

0.455

Opossum

0.233

26111.6

35360.4

2640.6

2626.1

0.101

0.074

Dog

0.432

39580.4

71275.6

3105.2

3588.5

0.078

0.050

Mouse

0.318

38228.3

57618.0

2387.5

1657.3

0.062

0.029

Human

0.340

25535.8

38772.9

2621.2

2715.3

0.103

0.070