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Table 1 Number of genes observed with additive and non-additive inheritance patterns of genic small RNA and mRNA in Arabidopsis hybrids

From: Transposable elements, mRNA expression level and strand-specificity of small RNAs are associated with non-additive inheritance of gene expression in hybrid plants

Inheritance pattern

Gene count

Percentage (%)

 

mRNA

Small RNA

mRNA

Small RNA

AHP

9

0

0.2

0

HP

827

65

14.1

6

HPMP

6

7

0.1

0.6

MP

3,654

594

62.4

54.3

LPMP

158

215

2.7

19.7

LP

979

191

16.7

17.5

BLP

22

5

0.4

0.5

UC

203

16

3.5

1.5

Total

5,858

1,093

100

100

  1. AHP above high-parent, BLP below low-parent, HP high-parent, HPMP between mid-parent and high-parent, LP low-parent, LPMP between mid-parent and low-parent, MP mid-parent, UC unclassified (Hybrid is significantly different from MP, but not significant from both HP and LP)