Table 1. Conservation of the consensus minimal Bmp3 upstream Evolutionary Conserved Region (minECR) in RefSeq animal genomes.

		Accession Number	minECR		Distance from Bmp3 (nt)
			Location	% Identity	5′	3′
Rodentia	M. musculus	NC_000071.6	95552942.95553250	79%	−1497	−1189
	R. norvegicus	NC_005113.3	12332541.12332253, complement	82%	−1511	−1223
		AC_000082.1	10827337.10827049, complement	82%	−1511	−1223
	C. porcellus	NT_176414.1	5088909.5089198	80%	−1789	−1500
	C. griseus	NW_003616697.1	55307.54999, complement	82%	−1611	−1303
Primates	H. sapiens	NC_000004.11	81950009.81950305	97%	−2110	−1814
		AC_000136.1	77693899.77694195	97%	−2111	−1815
	P. troglodytes	NC_006471.3	49002602.49002306, complement	97%	−2101	−1805
	P. abelii	NC_012595.1	84489849.84490145	97%	−2120	−1824
	M. mulatta	NC_007862.1	48535985.48535688, complement	96%	−2137	−1840
	N. leucogenys	NW_003501411.1	13030680.13030976	96%	−2109	−1813
	C. jacchus	NC_013898.1	113372870.113372574, complement	96%	−2772	−2476
Other Orders	B. taurus	AC_000163.1	97583173.97583469	93%	−2360	−2064
		NC_007304.5	99175053.99175349	93%	−2360	−2064
	S. scrofa	NC_010450.3	146200934.146200644, complement	78%	−1914	−1624
	C. lupus familiaris	NC_006614.2	8169902.8170198	87%	−2135	−1839
	A. melanoleuca	NW_003217292.1	2528248.2527953, complement	92%	−2167	−1872
	E. caballus	NC_009146.2	55766669.55766369, complement	90%	−741	−441
	O. cuniculus	NC_013683.1	69240613.69240317, complement	86%	−2347	−2051

Species are separated by taxonomic order. Distance from Bmp3 is calculated from the annotated transcription start site. nt: nucleotide.