Figure 3.

Arabidopsis 14-3-3 Gene Structure and Evolutionary Relationships.

The Arabidopsis 14-3-3 family is composed of two main evolutionary branches: the ɛ group and the non-ɛ group. The evolutionary relationships represented in the tree reflect the phylogenies derived from alignments of the central conserved regions of the Arabidopsis 14-3-3 derived amino acid sequences, and the main branches are supported by the genomic structure of the 14-3-3 genes. BAC, bacterial artificial chromosome. Individual exons are delineated by either different coloration or segmentation.