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. 2012 Aug 9;7(8):e43036. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043036

Figure 10. Reconciled species tree of ant defensins.

Figure 10

This tree was generated by Notung. The ant species L. niger (GenBank Acc. No.: ACB46517.1), Myrmica scabrinodis (GenBank Acc. No.: ACB46524.1), and F. aquilonia (GenBank Acc. No.: Q5BU36.1) are examples for the sequences generated by [12], [27]. For these species no whole genome is available, which is indicated by the question mark behind the species. The gain and loss events are indicated by green and red boxes. The gain event at the LCA of A. mellifera and the ant species generated the defensin-1/2 peptide. The LCA of L. niger, C. floridanus and F. aquilonia had an additional duplication event of its defensin-1 peptide, but the species lost either their defensin-1a or their defensin-1b.