Fig. 2. Characteristics of the CTL gene family and missing genes newly annotated in the Mallard genome.
a The distribution of the presumed “missing genes” in the Mallard genome; b GC content of “missing genes” in Mallard. The figure shows that GC content distribution of missing genes in mallard was significantly higher than the genome background. c Multiple alignments of gene annotations in CTL gene family regions of Mallard, chicken, zebra finch, and turkey. In other bird chromosomes, the location and detailed annotations of CTL genes are lacking. d Phylogenetic tree of CTL members and its homologs in other birds. There are three types of CTL genes in birds, type I (green), type II (red), and type III (yellow). Ducks contain only type I and type II.