Table 4 Percentage of occurrence of different phases of overlap in E. coli. The table includes the percentage of observed overlap longer than 4 bp in different orientations and phases and compares these empirical values with the percentages expected by the stop codon mutation hypothesis (SCM).
codirectional | convergent | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(123:231) | (123:312) | (123:123) | (123:132) | (123:321) | (123:213) | |
observed | 32 | 68 | 0 | 46 | 32 | 22 |
SCM | 54 | 46 | 0 | 39 | 34 | 27 |