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Table 1 Annexin genes in different groups of organisms

From: The annexins

Group

Number of genes

Vertebrates

 

Primates

12

Mammals

12

Birds

10

Amphibians

 

    Western clawed frog

13

    African clawed frog

19

Teleost fish

 

    Pufferfish

15

    Zebrafish

21

Cartilaginous fish

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Invertebrates

 

Deuterostomes

 

    Urchins

10

    Tunicates

5

    Lancelets

3

Protostomes

 

    Molluscs

6

    Crustacea

2

    Insects

4

    Roundworms

4-5

    Flatworms

9

    Cnidaria (Hydra)

4

Mycetozoa

 

Dictyostelium

2

Fungi

 

Ascomycetes-Perizomycotina

3

Yeasts

0

Basidiomycetes (mushrooms, rusts)

3

Stramenopiles

 

Diatoms

3

Moulds

6

Alveolates

 

Ciliates

3

Plants

 

Angiosperms

 

 Dicots

 

     Rosids

8-13

     Asterids

7

     Caryophyllales

5

 Monocots

10

Amborella, lilies

4

Gymnosperms (cycads, gingkoes, conifers)

3

Ferns

2

Mosses

3

Protists

 

Diplomonads (Giardia)

~7

  1. Numbers given have been confirmed by sequence data; they are final only for completed genomes of certain mammals (human and mouse), insects (Drosophila) and roundworms (C. elegans).