Table 4 Number of exons and length in base pairs of recessive and dominant deletions in NEB, and statistical significance of differences between these groups.

From: Structural variation in nebulin and its impact on phenotype and inheritance: establishing a dominant distal phenotype caused by large deletions

SV type

Recessive

Dominant

Difference significance

Number of unique deletions

7

8

 

Average number of exons (median; range)

7.6 (2; 1–24)

74.0 (72; 51–97)

p = 1.961*10−7

Average length (median)

13,461 bp (2506 bp)

101,645.3 bp (97,640 bp)

p = 2.21*10−6