Genome-wide analysis of MAPKKKs shows expansion and evolution of a new MEKK class involved in solanaceous species sexual reproduction

Table 1 Number of MEKKs and FRKs, genome size and expected number of expressed genes for all the species

Species	Number of MEKKs	Number of FRKs	Genome size (Mbp)	Number of expressed genes	References
C. reinhardtii	4	0	111	17,737	Phytozome
P. patens	20	0	473	26,610	Phytozome
S. moellendorffii	14	0	212.5	22,273	Phytozome
P. glauca	5	0	20,800	>40,000	Dendrome Genome Project, [26]
P. abies	19	0	20,000	28,354	Spruce Genome Project, [68]
A. trichopoda	15	1	748	26,846	Amborella Genome Project
O. sativa	22	0	372	39,049	Phytozome
Z. mays	22	0	3233	39,475	Gramene, EnsemblGenomes
V. vinifera	21	4	487	26,346	Phytozome
A. thaliana	21	3	135	27,416	Phytozome
G. raimondii	22	2	820	40,976	[69]
P. trichocarpa	32	7	422.9	41,335	Phytozome, [61]
M. guttatus	26	7	312.7	28,140	Phytozome
N. benthamiana	40	11	3500	N/A	Sol Genomics Network
S. lycopersicum	39	17	950	35,961	Sol Genomics Network
S. tuberosum	36	15	840	35,250	Sol Genomics Network

References: Phytozome (http://phytozome.jgi.doe.gov/); Dendrome Genome Project (http://dendrome.ucdavis.edu); Birol et al., 2013 [26]; Amborella Genome Project (http://www.amborella.org); Gramene, EnsemblGenomes (http://ensembl.gramene.org/); Wang et al., (2012) [69]; Tuksan et al., 2006 [61]; Sol Genomics Network (https://solgenomics.net); Spruce Genome Project (http://congenie.org/); and Nystedt et al., 2013 [68]

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