Figure 2. Genomic and syntenic architecture in cyclostomes and vertebrates.
a, Distribution of genes derived from the 18 ancestral chordate linkage groups (CLGs) in the chromosomes of hagfish, lamprey and gar chromosomes. Bins contain 20 genes and only CLGs from chromosomes showing reciprocal enrichment are plotted (fisher’s test). b, Syntenic relationship between lamprey and hagfish chromosomes showing that hagfish chromosomes are typically fusions of multiple lamprey chromosomes. Each line corresponds to a single-copy orthologue labelled by CLGs. CLG colours are the same as in a.