Table 1.
Full-length vasa ortholog cDNAs
| Group | Common name | Gene name | Polypeptide length | CCHC Zn-fingers | Genebank accession |
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| Porifera | Sponges | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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| Cnidaria | Hydra | ||||
| Hydra magnipapillata | CnVasl | 797 | 7 | BAB13307 | |
| CnVas2 | 890 | 1 | BAB13308 | ||
| Hydractinia echinata | HeVas | 680 | 3 | ABO93350 | |
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| Platyhelminthes | Flatworms | ||||
| Macrostomum lignano | Macvasa splice-form 1 | 929 | 3 | CAL91031 | |
| Macvasa splice-form 2 | 860 | 2 | CAL91030 | ||
| Neobenedenia girellae | Ngvlg3 | 634 | 7 | BAF44661 | |
| Paragonimus westermani | vasa2n | 606 | 0 | ABM30180 | |
| vasa3n | 606 | 0 | ABM30181 | ||
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| Echinoderms | |||||
| Strongylocentrotus purpuratus | Purple urchin | SpVasa splice-form 1 | 766 | 4 | ACM80369 |
| SpVasa splice-form 2 | 732 | 3 | |||
| Lytechinus variegates | Green urchin | LvVasa splice-form 1 | 5 | ||
| LvVasa splice-form 2 | 679 | 0 | ACM80368 | ||
| Eucidaris tribuloides | Pencil urchin | EtVasa | 498 | 1 | ACM80367 |
| Asterias forbesi | Forbes’s Starfish | AfVasa | 715 | 3 | ACM80365 |
| Asterina miniata | Batstar | Am Vasa | 730 | 4 | ACM80366 |
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| Tunicates | Sea Squirts | ||||
| Ciona intestinalis | DEAD1 | 669 | 3 | BAA36710 | |
| Ciona savignyi | CsVHa | 688 | 3 | BAB12216 | |
| CsVHb | 770 | 6 | BAB12217 | ||
| Halocynthia roretzi | Vasa | 691 | 3 | ACJ64200 | |
| Botryllus primigenus | BpVas | 687 | 5 | BAE44472 | |
| Botryllus schlosseri | BS-Vasa | 547 | 1 | ACJ69403 | |
| Polyandrocarpa misakiensis | PmVas | 705 | 5 | BAE94497 | |
| Botrylloides violaceus | Vasa protein | 630 | 4 | ABM74410 | |
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| Lancelets | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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| Vertebrates | |||||
| Homo sapiens | Human | Ddx4 | 690 | 0 | AAH47455 |
| Mus musculus | Mouse | Ddx4 | 728 | 0 | AAI37602 |
| Gallus gallus | Chicken | Cvh | 662 | 0 | BAB 12337 |
| Danio rerio | Zebrafish | Vasa protein | 688 | 0 | AAI29276 |
| Vasa-like protein | 715 | 0 | AAL89410 | ||
| Sus scrofa | Wild boar | Vasa-like protein | 722 | 0 | AAT46129 |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | Rainbow trout | Vasa | 647 | 0 | BAA88059 |
| Oryzias latipes | Medaka | Vasa | 617 | 0 | BAB61047 |
| Rattus norvegicus | Rat | Ddx4 | 713 | 0 | Q64060 |
| Xenopus laevis | Clawed frog | Vlgl | 700 | 0 | AAC03114 |
| Rana lessonae | Pond frog | DEAD box protein | 724 | 0 | CAH56439 |
| Carassius auratus | Silver crucian carp | CagVasa | 701 | 0 | AAV70960 |
| Oreochromis niloticus | Nile tilapia | Vasa | 645 | 0 | BAB 19807 |
| Monopterus albus | Swamp eel | Vasa-like protein | 618 | 0 | ABA54551 |
| Silums meridionalis | Southern catfish | Vasa | 662 | 0 | ACD62525 |
| Pan troglodytes | Chimpanzee | Vasa | 703 | 0 | XP 517757 |
| Macaca fascicularis | Crab-eating macaque | Ddx4 | 725 | 0 | Q4R5S7 |
| Thunnus orientalis | Pacific bluefin tuna | Vasa | 644 | 0 | ABY77970 |
| Trachurus japonicus | Japanese jack mackerel | Vasa | 657 | 0 | BAG72093 |
| Salvelinus leucomaenis | Whitespotted char | Vasa | 662 | 0 | ACA33927 |
| Leucopsarion petersii | Ice goby | Vasa homolog | 645 | 0 | BAD04052 |
| Cyprinus carpio | Carp | Vasa | 691 | 0 | AAL87139 |
| Am by stoma mexicanum | Axolotl | AxVH | 724 | 0 | AAT09162 |
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| Molluscs | |||||
| Crassostrea gigas | Pacific oyster | Oyvlg | 758 | 4 | AAR37337 |
| Chlamys farreri | Japanese scallop | Vasa | 801 | 5 | ABE27759 |
| Haliotis asinina | Vetigastropod | Vasa | 763 | 2 | ACT35657 |
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| Pogonophora | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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| Vestimentifera | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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| Annelids | |||||
| Platynereis dumerilii | Dumeril’s clam worm | Vasa homolog | 712 | 3 | CAJ15139 |
| Vasa protein isoform | 732 | 4 | CAJ38803 | ||
| Enchytraeus japonensis | Vasa-related | 990 | 8 | BAF767096 | |
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| Rotifers | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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| Nematodes | |||||
| Caenorhabditis elegans | Germ-line helicase 1 | 763 | 4 | AAB52901 | |
| Germ-line helicase 2 | 974 | 6 | AAB03510 | ||
| Germ-line helicase 3 | 720 | 2 | AAC28388 | ||
| Germ-line helicase 4 | 1156 | 5 | AAC28387 | ||
| Caenorhabditis briggsae | GLH-1 related | 795 | 4 | CAP31774 | |
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| Onychophora | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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| Tardigrades | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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| Myriapods | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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| Insects | |||||
| Drosophila melanogaster | Fruit fly | Vasa | 661 | 0 | CAA31405 |
| Anopheles gambiae | African malaria mosquito | Vasa-like protein | 596 | 0 | AAY41942 |
| Apis mellifera | Honey Bee | Vasa protein | 630 | 0 | NP 001035345 |
| Acyrthosiphon pisum | Pea aphid | Vasa-like protein | 669 | 0 | XP 001948608 |
| Culex quinquefasciatus | Southern house mosquito | Vasa | 641 | 0 | XP 001850751 |
| Tribolium castaneum | Red flour beatle | Vasa | 627 | 0 | NP 001034520 |
| Bombyx mori | Silkworm | BmVLG | 601 | 0 | BAA19572 |
| Drosophila virilis | Fruit fly | Vasa | 625 | 0 | AAM49782 |
| Aedes aegypti | Yellow fever mosquito | Vasa-like protein | 638 | 0 | AAY41941 |
| Melipona scutellaris | Stingless bee | Vasa | 624 | 0 | ABQ96192 |
| Melipona quadrifasciata | Stingless bee | Vasa | 624 | 0 | AC102436 |
| Scaptotrigona postica | Stingless bee | Vasa | 624 | 0 | ABQ96191 |
| Frieseomelitta varia | Stingless bee | Vasa | 624 | 0 | ACI02437 |
| Copidosoma floridanum | Parasitic wasp | Vasa | 708 | 0 | AAT12450 |
| Gryllus bimaculatus | Two-spotted cricket | Vasa | 650 | 0 | BAG65665 |
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| Crustaceans | |||||
| Parhyale hawaiensis | Amphipod crustacean | Vasa | 676 | 5 | ABX76969 |
| Daphnia magna | Water flea | DmaVas | 779 | 6 | BAE00180 |
| Litopenaeus vannamei | Pacific white shrimp | Vasa-like protein | 703 | 3 | AAY89069 |
| Fenneropenaeus chinensis | Chinese white shrimp | Vasa | 712 | 3 | ABQ00071 |
| Macrobrachium rosenbergii | Giant freshwater prawn | MrVLG | 710 | 3 | ABC87271 |
| Moina macrocop | Water flea | MmVas | 843 | 6 | BAD99524 |
| Artemia franciscana | Brine shrimp | AfVas | 726 | 3 | BAD99523 |
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| Horseshoe Crabs | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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| Arachnids | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |