Table 9

Proportions of differentially expressed or non-differentially expressed genes associated with INDELs are significantly different

Tissue type

DE genes associated with RT INDELs/total DE genes (%)

Non-DE genes associated with RT INDELs/total non-DE genes (%)

Proportions test (P-value)

Brain

1,916/2,266 + 4,618 (28%)

1,790/2,153 + 5,096 (25%)

2.42E-05

Testis

2,862/3,438 + 7,365 (26%)

1,072/1,256 + 3,386 (23%)

9.63E-06

Heart

1,876/2,233 + 4,610 (27%)

1,636/1,948 + 4,706 (25%)

0.00019

Liver

1,416/1,696 + 3,612 (26%)

2,072/2,466 + 5,910 (25%)

0.012

Kidney

1,843/2,179 + 4,410 (28%)

1,776/2,144 + 5,326 (24%)

1.52E-08

DE = differentially expressed; INDEL = insertion and deletion; non-DE = non-differentially expressed, RT = retrotransposon sequence. Proportions for all RT-associated INDELs across all tissues are shown.

Polavarapu et al. Mobile DNA 2011 2:13   doi:10.1186/1759-8753-2-13