Table 1

Syntenator multiple gene order alignments

Alignment order: MRHD
Mouse
Rat
Human
Dog

Number of blocks
304
301
289
328

Mean length
48.2
41.4
44.8
42.7

Genes in alignments
14665 (60%)
12451 (53%)
12933 (56%)
14018 (77%)

Block size in Mb
1820.1
1832.0
2416.6
1694.4


Alignment order: HDMR
Mouse
Rat
Human
Dog

Number of blocks
367
397
345
331

Mean length
42.6
45.7
42.6
36.3

Genes in alignments
15650 (64%)
18151 (78%)
14698 (63%)
12036 (66%)

Block size in Mb
1772.6
1923.6
2438.4
1815.4

Two alternative Syntenator multiple gene order alignments of mouse (M), rat (R), human (H) and dog (D) are shown to demonstrate the dependence of the alignment outcome on the alignment order of species. The proportion of genes in alignments relative to the total gene set is shown in percentage. The mean length of a block is the ratio of Genes in alignments/Number of blocks.

Rödelsperger and Dieterich Algorithms for Molecular Biology 2008 3:14   doi:10.1186/1748-7188-3-14