Table 2. Major evolutionary events shaping Wolbachia ANK genes.
| Ankyrin genesa | Variation in the ankyrin repeat architecture | Frameshift mutations | Disruption by IS | Recombination (MaxChi, P<0.001) | |
| homologs | WD0073 | Yes | Yes (wUni)b | ||
| WD0147 | Yes | ||||
| WD0294 | Yes | ||||
| WD0385 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| WD0438 | Yes | Yes (wRi) | |||
| WD0514 | Yes | ||||
| WD0550 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (wUni) | |
| WD0566 | Yes | ||||
| WD0633 | Yes | Yes (wAu) | |||
| WD0636 | |||||
| WD0754 | Yes | ||||
| WD0766 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| WD1213 | Yes | ||||
| true orthologs | WD0035 | ||||
| WD0191 | |||||
| WD0285 | |||||
| WD0286 | |||||
| WD0291 | |||||
| WD0292 | |||||
| WD0441 | |||||
| WD0498 | |||||
| WD0596 | |||||
| WD0637 |
a
Prophage associated ANK genes are presented in bold face.
b
Strains potentially involved in recombination are shown in parenthesis.