In particular, 83 of the 153 longest Amphimedon scaffolds (those that contain genes from more than ten distinct metazoan gene families, sufficient for synteny to be assessed) show segments of
conserved synteny with other animals (Supplementary Note 6).
The organization of genes shows
conserved synteny (that is, conserved linkage without necessarily requiring colinearity) relative to other animals.
Not exact matches
Comparative genomics analyses with uncultivated environmental TM7 assemblies show remarkable
conserved gene
synteny and only minimal gene loss / gain that may have occurred as TM7x adapted to conditions within the human host.