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From: Evolution of Tubulin Gene Arrays in Trypanosomatid parasites: genomic restructuring in Leishmania

Figure 2

Comparison of gene order around tubulin tandem gene arrays between T. brucei and L. major. Chromosomes for each organism are represented at left (L. major) and right (T. brucei); marked are the locations of tubulin loci (filled boxes), or the conserved positions of deleted tubulin loci (open boxes). These locations are linked to a panel showing the gene order in T. brucei (shaded blue) and L. major (shaded green) in each case: (a) α-α array, (b) α-β array, (c) single β-tubulin on chromosome 21 in L. major; and (d) β-β array. Note that no homeologous location exists in T. brucei for the chromosome 8 single β in L. major. In each panel putative CDSs are shaded black, hypothetical CDSs in grey. Genes showing reciprocal BLAST scores above 1.0 e-25 are connected by arrows. Circled letters refer to gene names where available. For hypothetical genes, the identifier tags are given next to each locus. The supposed positions of deleted tubulin loci, based on conserved synteny, are identified by dashed arrows. The scale is given in base-pairs and refers to chromosomal position.

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