Table 1

Alignment of variable sites among elephantids for the FGF5 gene

Promoter

5' UTR

ORFs

Exon 1

Exon 2

Exon 3

Species

Sample no.

-314

-290

-269

-265

-150

-112

-76

-1

68

80

189

327

427

Identical

757

790

E. maximus

Ema-10

G

C

G

G

C

G

C

A

C

C

T

G

A

G

G

E. maximus

Ema-6

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

T/C

.

A/G

-

C

.

L. cyclotis

Lcy-LO3508

.

T

C

.

G

C

.

.

.

G

C

C

G

-

C

.

L. cyclotis

Lcy-LO3505

.

T

C

T

G

C

.

A/:

.

G

.

C

G

C

.

L. africana

Laf-KR0014

A

.

C

.

G

C

.

.

T

.

.

.

G

C

.

L. africana

Laf-KR0138

A

.

C

.

G

C

.

.

T

.

.

.

G

-

C

.

M. primigenius

Indigirka

-

.

C

.

G

C

T

.

.

.

.

.

G

C

A

Asian elephant Ema-10 is used as the reference sequence. Dots represent identity to the reference. Differences are shown as the base (both bases if the site was heterozygous). The A/: at -1 for Lcy-LO3505 indicates a site with a (heterozygous) single nucleotide deletion. Sites with character states unique to the woolly mammoth are in boldface. Variable sites are numbered from the putative start position of exon 1. Exon 2 was identical across species. Dash indicates sequences not generated for a sample.

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