Table 1 Correlation between the LWF and the conservation profiles. The table shows values of Pearson Association Coefficient (cc) [41], measured on the entire gene loci sequences (gene names are in the first column). The best correlation (fourth column) was observed between the statistical profiles (Λ) obtained from word frequency analysis and the conservation profiles (PIP). Lower correlation between ether the statistical (Λ/deletion) or conservation (PIP/deletion) profiles with the deletion data supports low resolution of deletion analysis (see results, 'construction of positive and negative training sets'). Jackknife test results are shown (in red typeface) for selected loci that contributed the largest fraction of sequences to the positive training set. The corresponding profiles are shown in Figure 7 [see Additional file 1].

ftz

16

0.12/0.18

0.66/0.81

0.14

gt

15

0.36

0.65

0.30

eve

16

0.30/0.25

0.63/0.57

0.56

kni

14

0.32

0.54

0.24

prd

16

0.18

0.52

0.04

h

16

0.73/0.64

0.47/0.41

0.46

sal

22

0.31

0.40

0.31

ems

16

0.26

0.37

0.08

gsb

16

0.16

0.36

0.02

tll

16

0.22

0.35

0.20

en

16

-0.13

0.34

0.23

otd

25

0.23

0.32

0.11

run

22

0.23

0.31

0.15

hb

16

0.48

0.31

0.06

btd

16

0.18

0.27

0.11

kr

16

0.11/0.08

-0.02/-0.01

0.17