Fig. 10

Length of protein-coding genes within the Rotifera-Acanthocephala clade. Gene length is given in kilobases (kb). According spans have been derived from annotations for 100 orthologous BUSCO Metazoa genes. Levels of gene length significantly differ across the five taxa included (FDR = 0.000; KW test). Because the encoded proteins were similar in length (see Fig. 9), the differences shown here testify to divergent spans of intronic segments. Thus, genes are least compact in P. laevis, followed by B. plicatilis, while genes were most compact in A. vaga and both S. nebaliae strains. Within the boxes, upper values represent mean values (marked with X in each case) and lower values medians (horizontal lines). Upper whiskers correspond to 1.5 x interquartile ranges (IQRs). Dots give single proteins with lengths exceeding IQRs. Lower whiskers extend to minima