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. 2012 Mar 16;7(3):e33821. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033821

Figure 5. Chromosome structural rearrangements of M. sinensis when compared to sorghum and several other species.

Figure 5

(A) Chromosome fusion in LG8 of M. sinensis was observed between two sorghum syntenic chromosomes 4 and 7; chromosome 7 is inserted in the middle of chromosome 4 in telemore-centromere inverted order. However, the other duplicated copies of chromosomes 4 and 7 are not fused, corresponding to LG7 and LG13 in M. sinensis, respectively. Also, a common paracentric inversion in the long arm of the syntenic chromosome 4 was seen in both the fused copy (LG8) and the non-fused copy (LG7) of M. sinensis. (B) The fusion of sorghum syntenic chromosomes 4 and 7 in M. sinensis LG8 was also similarly observed in chromosome 3 of B. distachyon. (C) The same paracentric inversion between the long arm of the sorghum syntenic chromosome 4 and M. sinensis LG7 and LG8 was also seen when sorghum was compared to switchgrass, rice, and maize, but only partially seen when compared to B. distachyon.