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Table 2 Proportions of young and old Pgt TEs that are methylated in the centromeres and outside the centromeres. Both inside and outside the centromeres, young TEs (> 90% family identity) are preferentially targeted by CG methylation (chi-square test with significance p < 0.00001: ***)

From: The stem rust fungus Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici induces centromeric small RNAs during late infection that are associated with genome-wide DNA methylation

 

TEs that are methylated (germinated spores)

TEs that are methylated (late infection)

Young TEs in centromeres

1334 (56.1%)***

1234 (51.9%)***

Old TEs in centromeres

1746 (34.2%)

1604 (31.4%)

Young TEs not in centromeres

16,078 (48.6%)***

15,297 (46.2%)***

Old TEs not in centromeres

15,914 (12.4%)

14,505 (11.3%)