Figure 2. Sex chromosome syntenic network across 17 representative vertebrate genomes.

The plot was generated by the plot_riparian GENESPACE function. Genomes are ordered vertically to minimize the number of translocations between each pairwise combination. Chromosomes are ordered horizontally to maximize synteny with the human chromosomes [X, 1–22]. Regions containing syntenic orthogroup members to the mammalian X (gold) or avian Z (blue) chromosomes are highlighted. All sex chromosomes are represented by red segments while autosomes are white. Chromosome segment sizes are scaled by the total number of genes in syntenic networks and positions of the braids are the gene order along the chromosome sequence. See Figure 2—figure supplement 1 for the full synteny graph including autosomes and chromosome labels.

Figure 2—figure supplement 1. Complete map of synteny, color-coded by synteny with human chromosomes X, 1-22.