Samples from 13 black bears were used in this study. A sample from a single male bear (JAX001) was used to sequence and assemble the initial draft genome.
Editing was observed in all 12 samples except for ZNF688 in which we only observed editing in the spring samples. Sites indicated in bold were confirmed with Sanger sequencing of the RNA transcript.
We determined that sample 101 (from a male in the spring) was an outlier (A). After removing this sample and repeating the analysis (B) we compared the spring samples to the fall samples.