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We now find that 10,996 (82%) of the Release 3 protein-coding genes show a match by BLASTX or TBLASTX (with expectation value less than or equal to 1 × e -7).
But the reason Amazon's stock is such a high-flyer is that there is a widespread expectation that someday Amazon will be a gigantically profitable corporation itself.
Contrary to expectation, the film ends up celebrating his marriage; it's a "no-fuss movie that casts a rich, tranquil spell" (Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ). High marks go to Emily Watson in the role of the staid but smart wife who manages to make humdrum domesticity appealing.
This expectation is to some extent borne out by the relative prominence of mitochondrial disorders arising from mutations in the mtDNA - although it is also important to note that such mutations, being comparatively easy to identify by sequencing, will naturally have been among the first to be characterized.
In contrast to expectation, average rates of amino-acid substitution are highest in comparisons between D. melanogaster and D. willistoni , not D. melanogaster and D. littoralis (Table 2, Figure 1).