Skip to main content
Figure 4 | Genome Biology

Figure 4

From: Conserved syntenic clusters of protein coding genes are missing in birds

Figure 4

Evidence for avian gene deletion domains on lizard and human chromosomes. (A) Chromosome maps illustrating the distribution of avian missing blocks on lizard chr2 and human chr19 and X. The thin lines indicate locations of corresponding avian missing gene blocks (in orange); arrows indicate expanded segments for detailed views (orange shading denotes block inclusion criteria as in Additional file 1: Table S1, gray blocks denote human blocks that are on unplaced contigs in lizard). The boxed segments in the expanded views refer to a missing block example presented in Figure 2. (B-D) Plots of the numbers and positions of avian missing genes along chromosome 2 in lizard, and human chromosomes 19 and X reveal their localization to ‘hot spots’.

Back to article page