Figure 2

Homology of tammar regions to the human karyotype, and location of major histocompatibility complex, classical class I genes and olfactory receptor gene. Colored blocks represent the syntenic blocks with human chromosomes as shown in the key. A map of the locations of the tammar major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is shown on the right-hand side of each chromosome. The rearranged MHCs are on chromosome 2 and clusters of MHC class I genes (red) near the telomeric regions of chromosomes 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7. MHC class II genes are shown in blue, olfactory receptors are shown in orange and Kangaroo endogenous retroviral elements found within these clusters are shown in green. The location of the conserved mammalian OR gene clusters in the tammar genome are shown on the left-hand side of each chromosome. OR genes are found on every chromosome, except for chromosome 6 but including the X. The location of the OR gene clusters (numbers) are shown, and their approximate size is represented by lines of different thickness.