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Table 1 Top five candidate genes for perennial to annual transitions via gene loss

From: Pinpointing genes underlying annual/perennial transitions with comparative genomics

Family

Function

A. lyrata/A. alpina genes a

real gene in A. thaliana/A. montbretiana b

pseudogene in syntenic region c

pseudogene in nonsyntenic region d

1

Kinase

1/2

0/0

1/2

-/-

2

Oxidoreductase

1/1

0/0

1/0

-/0

3

Lactoylglutathione Lyase

1/1

0/0

0/0

0/0

4

F-box protein

1/1

1/0

-/1

-/-

5

Zinc finger

1/1

0/0

0/0

1/0

  1. a Number of genes in the perennial species A. lyrata and A. alpina in the gene family
  2. b Number of real genes (not pseudogenes) found in the syntenic region of the annual species, A. thaliana or A. montbretiana, compared to their perennial sister species, A. lyrata and A. alpina, respectively
  3. c Number of pseudogenes found in syntenic regions of A. thaliana or A. montbretiana
  4. d Number of pseudogenes found in nonsyntenic regions