Table 3

Similarity of predicted structures for species pairs.

Species comparison
Prediction Method
(P+U)/all
P/all
U/all

Genes shorter than 800 bp

Across all 4 yeasts
MFE
27% ± 0.6
17% ± 0.3
10% ± 0.5

Mc
27% ± 0.4
9% ± 0.2
18% ± 0.3
S. cerevisiae – S. paravensis
MFE
63% ± 0.6
36% ± 0.3
27% ± 0.3

Mc
64% ± 0.5
22% ± 0.4
42% ± 0.5
S. cerevisiae – S. mikitae
MFE
59% ± 0.3
34% ± 0.2
25% ± 0.2

Mc
61% ± 0.4
20% ± 0.4
41% ± 0.6
S. cerevisiae – S. bayanus
MFE
42% ± 0.4
23% ± 0.5
19% ± 0.1

Mc
59% ± 0.3
20% ± 0.0
40% ± 0.5

All genes

Across all 4 yeasts
MFE
25% ± 0.3
8% ± 0.1
16% ± 0.2

Mc
25% ± 0.4
16% ± 0.2
9% ± 0.1
S. cerevisiae – S. paravensis
MFE
61% ± 0.4
36% ± 0.2
25% ± 0.2

Mc
63% ± 0.3
22% ± 0.3
41% ± 0.4
S. cerevisiae – S. mikitae
MFE
58% ± 0.2
35% ± 0.2
23% ± 0.1

Mc
60% ± 0.3
20% ± 0.3
40% ± 0.4
S. cerevisiae – S. bayanus
MFE
57% ± 0.2
34% ± 0.1
23% ± 0.1

Mc
58% ± 0.2
20% ± 0.2
39% ± 0.4

The average percentages of sites (± variances) unambiguously predicted to be paired (P/all) and/or unpaired ((P+U)/all, U/all) for the respective species comparison using RNAfold MFE and McCaskill's (Mc) algorithm are presented.

Stoletzki BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008 8:224   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-224