Table 1 Classification of genes from rice chromosome 11 (57.3-116.2 cM) identified using Autopredgeneset (RiceGAAS) and FGENESH gene prediction systems. Genes showing appreciable homology to wheat ESTs have been tabulated.
Gene category based on product	Total No. (%) of predicted rice genes	No. (%) of rice genes matching with wheat ESTs	No. (%) of rice genes matching with bin mapped wheat ESTs
Exact/Putative*	733 (25)	492 (43)	75 (66)
Unknown**	464 (16)	89 (8)	27 (24)
Hypothetical***	1735 (59)	562 (49)#	11 (10)#
Total	2932 (100)	1143 (100)	113 (100)
*100% homologous all over the length of cDNA and protein/high degree of homology (score bit >100 and e value < e-20) at both DNA and protein level ** High degree of homology with EST (score bit >100 and e value < e-20). *** Predicted genes with no significant homology hit in EST database at both DNA and protein level. # It may be noted that some rice genes predicted to be hypothetical showed homology to wheat ESTs on further analysis