Average bp% and GC% of repetitive elements removed by Repeat Masker.

<p>S.E.  =  standard error.</p

Box plots of the routine metabolic rate temperature-corrected using the Boltzmann's factor (MR) measured in each teleostean fish.

<p>Box plots of the routine metabolic rate temperature-corrected using the Boltzmann's factor (MR) measured in each teleostean fish.</p

The histograms show the base composition distribution of the intronic sequences (GCi) in the five teleostean genomes.

<p>In each panel, the average GCi and the skewness (SK) of the distribution are reported.</p

Average GCi% in each set of orthologous introns before (bRM) and after (aRM) Repeat Masker.

<p>Average GCi% in each set of orthologous introns before (bRM) and after (aRM) Repeat Masker.</p

Average values of genome (GCg) and intron (GCi) base composition, intron lenght (bpi) and metabolic rate temperature-corrected by Boltzmann's factor (MR) in fish genomes.

<p>Average values of genome (GCg) and intron (GCi) base composition, intron lenght (bpi) and metabolic rate temperature-corrected by Boltzmann's factor (MR) in fish genomes.</p

The histogram shows the percents of orthologous intronic sequences increasing in length (Δbpi, blue bars) and GC content (ΔGCi, red bars) in each pairwise comparison.

<p>Data before (bRM) and after (aRM) RepeatMasker are reported. In cluster A: comparison of medaka, stickleback, fugu and pufferfish against zebrafish. In cluster B: comparison of stickleback, fugu and pufferfish against medaka. In cluster C: comparison of fugu and pufferfish against stickleback. Within each cluster pairwise comparisons were ordered according to the increasing phylogenetic distance.</p

The histogram shows the percent of the four classes N/P (negative Δbpi and positive ΔGCi values), N/N (negative Δbpi and negative ΔGCi values), P/N (positive Δbpi and negative ΔGCi values) and P/P (negative Δbpi and negative ΔGCi values) in each pairwise genome comparisons.

<p>Data before (bRM) and after (aRM) RepeatMasker are reported. Clusters A, B and C as in the legend of <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0103889#pone-0103889-g002" target="_blank">Fig. 2</a>.</p

Correlation coefficients Rho (in italic) and <i>p</i>-values (in bold) of Spearman correlation test.

<p>Correlation coefficients Rho (in italic) and <i>p</i>-values (in bold) of Spearman correlation test.</p