Figure 5

Methods testing for chromosomal clustering of co-expressed genes. (A) Genomic clustering of co-expressed genes. Within a given co-expression group (dark red), for each gene the distance to the nearest member was recorded. The total number (N _gprox ) of genes lying within g _prox genes of a co-expressed gene was counted and compared to uniform sampling from the genome. (B) TAP-centred clusters of co-expressed genes. For each TAP (red), the genes lying within a window spanning t adjacent genes around the TAP were tested for enrichment for co-expressed genes (dark red). The window size t was increased incrementally (t = 1 to t = 20). (C) Localized clustering of co-expressed genes. Each genomic region was tested for enrichment of co-expressed genes using PGE. (D) Chromosomal locations of the seven TAP-centred (TC) and seventeen localized (LC) gene clusters detected by the TAP-window and PGE methods, respectively.