Figure 2. Alignment of the amino acid sequences of the nine elephant γ genes.

The deduced amino acid sequences of three γ chain-coding exons and two membrane exons of nine elephant γ genes are aligned. The first exons (CH1) of γ1 and γ2 are both missing due to gaps. A premature stop codon is marked with a star and a frameshift mutation is marked by shadowing in the CH3 exon of γ3. In each panel, the amino acid residues that are identical to the top sequences are represented by dots. The dashes were used to adjust the alignment. The hinge exons are not included in the figure.