Figure 4
Heavy-strand nucleotide sequences between ND6 and cytb genes for Uroplatus (A) and other geckos (B). Sequences in this region for non-Uroplatus geckos represent tRNAGlu genes, which are aligned based on clover-leaf secondary structure [22]. In B, tRNAGlu gene sequences found at the 5’ end of the major noncoding region for U. fimbriatus and U. sikorae are also shown. Alignment of the Uroplatus intergenic sequences in A was made with the aid of ClustalX [27]. Uroplatus gecko sequences were given the following abbreviations: Ufim, U. fimbriatus; Usik, U. sikorae; Ulin. U. lineatus; Upie, U. pietschmanni; Uebe, U. ebenaui; Upha, U. phantasticus; and Ugue, U. guentheri (see Additional file 4: Table S2 for accession numbers). Sequence data of tRNAGlu gene sequences for non-Uroplatus geckos are taken from Tropiocolotes tripolitanus (Ttri; this study), Tropiocolotes steudneri (Tste; this study), Stenodactylus petrii (Spet; this study), Gekko vittatus (Gvit; accession No. AB178897), and Coleonyx variegatus (Cvar; AB114446).