FIGURE 1.

Chromosomal mapping and phylogenetic analysis of zebrafish decorin. A, zebrafish decorin exhibits conserved synteny. The zebrafish decorin gene (dcn) clusters in a syntenic manner with related SLRP family members, including epiphycan (epyc), keratocan (kera), and lumican (lum), as well as btg1 and caprin2, comparable with mouse and human. Species names are followed by the chromosome (Chrom.) number of interest; colored gene symbols are matched with the corresponding Entrez Gene ID, and distances between genes are displayed in kilo- or mega-base pairs. B, comparative phylogenetic analysis of Decorin among 14 different species. The tree was constructed on the basis of percent identity at the amino acid level.