Figure 7. Alignment of nucleotide sequences of seven elephant germline D_H families.

Seven families representing elephant 87 germline D_H segments are aligned. Nucleotides that are the same as the top segment, D_H34, are indicated with dots. Dashes mean gaps introduced to make the alignment. D_H57 and 62, D_H50 and 38, D_H74 and 66, and D_H47 and 36 are shadowed as they share identical sequences. Coding regions of DH segments are separated from recombination signal sequences (RSSs) (nonamer, spacer, and heptamer).