Table 5 Length, G+C content and variation in Gibbs free energy of the secondary structure of ITS and 5.8S rDNA sequences in Eyprepocnemis plorans

From: Disparate molecular evolution of two types of repetitive DNAs in the genome of the grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans

Origin of DNA sequences

N

All regions

ITS1

5.8S

ITS2

  

Length (min–max)

%G+C

Length (min–max)

%G+C

ΔG (kcalmol−1)

Length (min–max)

%G+C

ΔG (kcalmol−1)

Length (min–max)

%G+C

ΔG (kcalmol−1)

Genomic (0B)

10

930.7 (912–948)

56.5

368.4 (347–386)

60.8

−176.0

158.0 (158–158)

58.9

−57.5

178.3 (178–181)

64.0

−91.1

Genomic (+B)

13

942.2 (928–953)

57.3

380.1 (366–390)

61.1

−180.8

158.0 (158–158)

59.1

−58.1

178.2 (178–179)

64.0

−90.4

M8 chromosome

7

908.7 (908–909)

54.9

346.9 (346–347)

60.2

−160.0

157.9 (157–158)

58.6

−57.6

178.0 (178–178)

64.5

−92.6

S9 chromosome

6

909.0 (909–909)

57.8

347.0 (347–347)

60.3

−160.7

158.0 (158–158)

58.9

−57.8

178.0 (178–178)

64.8

−91.8

S10 chromosome

5

909.0 (909–909)

55.0

384.2 (359–390)

61.7

−160.0

157.9 (157–158)

58.7

−57.6

178.6 (177–179)

64.2

−88.6

S11 chromosome

6

939.7 (934–941)

56.9

379.0 (379–379)

60.8

−179.9

158.0 (158–158)

59.0

−57.9

176.3 (168–178)

63.4

−85.0

X chromosome

11

927.7 (926–928)

56.1

365.8 (364–366)

59.8

−167.9

158.0 (158–158)

59.0

−57.8

178.0 (178–178)

64.8

−93.3

B24 chromosome

17

950.9 (928–953)

58.3

388.4 (366–390)

62.1

−184.4

157.9 (157–158)

58.7

−56.9

178.8 (177–179)

64.3

−91.1

Weighted mean

E. plorans

75

932.3

56.9

372.8

61.0

−174.1

158.0

58.9

−57.6

178.2

64.3

−90.8

C. parallelus

899.0

58.1

367.4

59.4

−137.6

158.0

58.8

−58.8

184.0

66.8

−102.9

L. migratoria

912.0

59.3

379.1

61.6

−134.7

158.0

58.8

−58.8

200.0

68.5

−112.8

  1. Abbreviations: ITS, internal transcribed spacer; rDNA, ribosomal DNA.
  2. Number of haplotypes was calculated including differences due to indels. Values of Chortippus parallelus and Locusta migratoria are shown for comparison.