Table 1.

Paralogous Genes Found in the Duplicated Region That Includes SAW1 and SAW2

Gene (AGI Number)	Paralog	Description	Exp	Identity	Similarity
At2g23630	At4g37160	Pectinesterase-like protein	3.8E-192	78%	87%
At2g23680	At4g37220	Cold acclimation protein homolog	1.0E-33	44%	63%
At2g23690	At4g37240	Unknown/putative protein	1.0E-28	59%	66%
At2g23760	At4g36870	BEL1-like homeobox proteins (SAW2 and SAW1)	2.9E-114	61%	70%
At2g23790	At4g36820	Hypothetical/putative protein	8.4E-100	66%	80%
At2g23800	At4g36810	Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase	1.2E-101	72%	86%

The genes were identified using the Web-based software available at http://wolfe.gen.tcd.ie/athal/index.html (Blanc et al., 2003). Various single copy genes occurring in the region due to deletions and chromosomal rearrangements have not been included. AGI, Arabidopsis Genome Initiative.