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Table 4 Significance of the over/under-representation of orthologues of Saccharomyces cerevisiae haploinsufficient (HI) genes on the mating-type chromosomes of ascomycetes and the sex chromosomes of animals

From: Haploinsufficiency and the sex chromosomes from yeasts to humans

Organism

Predominant lifecycle phase

Mating-type or sex determination system

Orthologues of Saccharomyces cerevisiae HI genes on the mating-type/sex chromosome(s)

   

P value for over-representation

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Diploid

Bipolar sexuality

<10-50

Saccharomyces castellii

Diploid

Bipolar sexuality

<10-10

Candida glabrata

Diploid

Bipolar sexuality

<10-10

Saccharomyces kluyveri

Diploid

Bipolar sexuality

<10-12

Kluyveromyces lactis

Haploid

Bipolar sexuality

<10-19

Ashbya gossypii

Haploid

Bipolar sexuality

0.02

Candida albicans

Diploid

Asexual

0.8

Candida dubliniensis

Diploid

Asexual

0.6

Debaryomyces hansenii

Haploid

Bipolar sexuality

0.05

Yarrowia lipolytica

Haploid

Bipolar sexuality

0.002

   

P value for under-representation

Homo sapiens

Diploid

X/Y

0.02

Pan troglodytes

Diploid

X/Y

0.04

Mus musculus

Diploid

X/Y

0.05

Rattus norvegicus

Diploid

X/Y

0.04

Equus caballus

Diploid

X/Y

0.01

Bos taurus

Diploid

X/Y

0.3

Canis familiaris

Diploid

X/Y

0.02

Gallus gallus

Diploid

Z/W

0.3

Drosophila melanogaster

Diploid

X/Y

0.9

Caenorhabditis elegans

Diploid

X/0

0.02