To address these challenges, we generated a uniform reannotation of the protein - coding genes for all avian genomes based on
synteny in chicken and zebra finch (SM2).
Not exact matches
Orthologous ORFs for Lcn16 and Lcn17 are found
in the same orientation
in the rat genome, but
synteny is disrupted around this location
in the primate lineage and there are no orthologues present
in primates or the human genome.
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).