FIG. 2.—

Representative inversions and deletions in the plastid genome of Cryptomonas paramecium. A large region of gene synteny shared between the genomes of the photosynthetic cryptomonads Guillardia theta and Rhodomonas salina is shown aligned with the single ribosomal operon-containing region of the C. paramecium genome. Genes in black are oriented left-to-right, those in red right-to-left. Blocks of synteny are highlighted, as are inversions between C. paramecium and G. theta/R. salina. tRNA genes are not shown for simplicity, with the exception of those within the rRNA operon.