Table 3 List of symbols
From: Constraints on genes shape long-term conservation of macro-synteny in metazoan genomes
n | Number of genome rearrangements |
|---|---|
N | Number of shared markers (genes) used in a genome comparison |
n t | Number of interchromosomal genome rearrangements |
µ | The fraction of dosage sensitive genes |
Sab | The fraction of conserved gene adjacencies (micro-synteny) |
pab | The fraction of genes constributing to conserved macro-synteny |
c | Number of chromosomes |
p fix | Probability with which proposed interchromosomal rearrangements are accepted in the DCJ-pfix model |
Hs | Homo sapiens; human |
Bf | Branchiostoma floridae; lancelet |
Nv | Nematostella vectensis; sea anemone |
Ta | Trichoplax adhaerens; placozoan |
Aq | Amphimedon queenslandica; sea sponge |
DCJ | Double cut and join |
DCJ-[C] | Double cut and join, with context-dependent constraints |
DCJ-DS | Double cut and join, with dosage-sensitive constraint |
DCJ-max L | Double cut and join, with maximum rearrangement size |
DCJ-max T | Double cut and join, with maximum translocation size |
DCJ-pfix | Double cut and join, with translocations made rare |
PAL | Putative ancestral linkage group |