Defining species specific genome differences in malaria parasites

BMC Genomics

Table 2 Non-syntenic Pf genes without corresponding RMP chromosome.

Gene groups	No. of genes	Hypothetical genes	Corresponding Pv genes	Corresponding Pk genes
Pf	927	469 (51%)	129 (14%)	120 (13%)
Pf-Pb	0	0	0	0
Pf-Pc	0	0	0	0
Pf-Py	1	0	0	0
Pf-Pb-Py	1	1 (100%)	0	0
Pf-Pb-Pc	1	1 (100%)	0	0
Pf-Pc-Py	0	0	0	0

Gene clusters of orthologous genes across six malaria parasite species, namely P. falciparum (Pf), P. berghei (Pb), P. chabaudi (Pc), P. yoelii (Py), P. knowlesi (Pk) and P. vivax (Pv). In contrast to genes found in syntenic regions (Table 1) significantly less genes are common in P. falciparum species specific coding regions.

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