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Table 1 Genomic distribution of genes showing sex-biased expression in chicken at >1.5 fold-change and a corrected p < 0.05 (number of genes in parantheses)

From: Faced with inequality: chicken do not have a general dosage compensation of sex-linked genes

 

Z obs

Z exp

A obs

A exp

p value*

Female-biased

     

Brain

0.067 (1)

0.048

0.933 (14)

0.952

NS

Gonads

0.021 (28)

0.051

0.979 (1278)

0.949

<0.0001

Heart

0.111 (3)

0.048

0.889 (24)

0.953

NS

All tissues

0.023 (31)

0.050

0.977 (1341)

0.950

<0.0001

Male-biased

     

Brain

0.905 (143)

0.0480

0.095 (15)

0.952

<0.0001

Gonads

0.214 (263)

0.051

0.786 (986)

0.949

<0.0001

Heart

0.877(121)

0.048

0.123 (17)

0.953

<0.0001

All tissues

0.232 (305)

0.050

0.768 (1009)

0.950

<0.0001

  1. *Fisher's exact test. NS, not significant.