Figure 3

Distribution of the number of paralogs (computed as pairs for ease of visual inspection in distinguishing large duplications from small ones) in SSPs of prokaryotes. Species with large number of paralogous pairs are marked: 1. Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv; 2. Mycobacterium bovis AF2122/97; 3. Mycobacterium tuberculosis CDC1551; 4. Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis K-10; 5. Borrelia burgdorferi B31; 6. Onion yellows phytoplasma OY-M; 7. Leptospira interrogans serovar Lai str56601; 8. Streptomyces coelicolor A32; 9. Escherichia coli O157H7.