a significant trendP = 3.317e−06
To assess this possibility, we compared delta divergence from the consensus between neighboring ERVs (|neighbor_1_div—neighbor_2_div|) in ERV hotspots to other regions of the genome and report a significant trend in the opposite direction (Mann Whitney U, P = 3.317e−06), suggesting that SD is not the primary contributing mechanism to ERV hotspot formation.