Sequence analysis of two alleles reveals that intra-and intergenic recombination played a role in the evolution of the radish fertility restorer (Rfo)

Table 1 Predicted genes in the L7rfo sequence. See also Figure 1

Name on Figure 1	Start/stop positions	Homologue on Rfo sequence	Closest Arabidopsis homologue	Function of protein encoded by Arabidopsis homologue
L7rfog1	<1-3656	yes	At1 g63770	Putative amino-peptidase
L7rfog2	11320-4352	yes^a	At1 g63740	Disease resistance
L7rfog3	16809-18107	yes	At1 g63720	unknown
PPR-1	19640-21812^b	yes	At1 g64100	unknown
L7rfog5	26247-27279	no	At1 g35320	Innate immunity
PPR-2	36144-38325^b	yes	At1 g64100	unknown
L7rfog7	>41492-40463	yes	At1 g63680	UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanyl-D-glutamate-2,6-diaminopimelate ligase

^aThe closest Arabidopsis homologue of the corresponding gene present on the Rfo sequence is At1g63730.
^bPPR-1 and PPR-2 predictions from GENESCAN were corrected after pairwise alignments with PPR-A, PPR-B and PPR-C.

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