Figure 8
Tendency for correct amino acylation in sense and antisense tRNAs as a function of duration of gestation in rodents. The y axis plots numbers of tRNAs per mitochondrial genome with less than half non-cognate amino acids with aminoacylation scores (according to TFAM) higher than the tRNA's cognate predicted according to its anticodon, as a function of the length of the gestation period (days), for rodents (gestation data from http://genomics.senescence.info/species/[58]). Triangles: sense tRNAs; Circles, antisense tRNAs. Results confirm those from Figure 7 for primates and suggest that the association with the duration of gestation is not circumstantial.