Table 2.
Spearman’s ρ rank correlation coefficients across phylostrata calculated for the means of the respective distributions (compare Figures 2 and 3 )
| Mouse | Human | Stickleback | Zebrafish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gene length |
- 0.88 |
- 0.90 |
- 0.82 |
- 0.93 |
| ORF length |
- 0.98 |
- 0.96 |
- 0.98 |
- 0.97 |
| domain number |
- 0.94 |
- 0.91 |
- 0.72 |
- 0.90 |
| exon number | - 0.93 | - 0.96 | - 0.94 | - 0.94 |
All are significant at p < 0.01.