Table 1 Sequence features presenting a statistically significant difference between DAS events and non-DAS events. Two-sided Wilcoxon tests with Benjamini-Hochberg correction for multiple comparisons

From: Alternative splicing across the C. elegans nervous system

Event type

Feature

Median when DAS

Median when not DAS

p-value (adjusted)

Alt. first exon

Proximal exon length

174 bp

129 bp

0.0021

**

Cassette exon

Exon length

83 bp

110 bp

0.0030

**

Alt. first exon

Distal intron length

4464 bp

3754 bp

0.0220

*

Alt. 5’ splice site

Intron length

238 bp

138 bp

0.0253

*

Alt. first exon

Proximal intron conservation

0.4040

0.4728

0.0260

*

Alt. first exon

Distal exon length

129 bp

105 bp

0.0262

*

Alt. 5’ splice site

Overhang conservation

0.9927

0.9521

0.0663

#

Alt. last exon

Distal exon conservation

0.6122

0.6641

0.0663

#

Alt. last exon

Distal intron length

2482 bp

1231 bp

0.0663

#

Mutually exclusive exons

First upstream intron conservation

0.5005

0.3695

0.0663

#

Mutually exclusive exons

Second exon length

113 bp

137 bp

0.0663

#

Cassette exon

Exon conservation

0.9826

0.9772

0.0663

#

Cassette exon

Upstream intron GC content

31.06%

31.72%

0.0663

#