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. 2015 Oct 12;6:8368. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9368

Figure 6. Shared synteny of var-like genes in P. falciparum, P. reichenowi and P. gaboni.

Figure 6

An open-reading frame (ORF) located downstream of a predicted var-like gene in P. gaboni showed 88% sequence identity (dark grey bars) with a single-copy gene present in both P. falciparum 3D7 (PF3D7_0323800) and P. reichenowi CDC1 (PRCDC_0323100). The P. gaboni var-like gene is syntenic with a var exon 2 pseudogene in both P. falciparum and P. reichenowi, suggesting that a var gene was present at this location in the ancestor of all three Laverania species.