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Table 3 Detailed analysis of lethal piggyBac insertion sites

From: Large-scale insertional mutagenesis of a coleopteran stored grain pest, the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum, identifies embryonic lethal mutations and enhancer traps

location

number

%

Intron

185

61

CDS*

42

14

< 500 bp**

27

9

500 bp - 2500 bp**

24

8

distant (> 2500 bp)**

27

9

all localized

305

100

seq or blast problem

54

 

not sequenced

62

 

all lethal

421

 
  1. *exons excluding UTRs
  2. **distance to next gene
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BMC Biology

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