Comparison of homoeolocus organisation in paired BAC clones from white clover (Trifolium repens L.) and microcolinearity with model legume species

Table 4 Synteny quality

Region	Reference sub-genome	Reference length compared (kb)^a	Syntenic species	Syntenic length compared (kb)^a	Number of shared genes^a	Percentage synteny quality^b
A.1	O	60	Lj	47	5	62.5
	P'	53	Lj	21	3	54.6
	O	50	At	24	3	50.0
	P'	85	At	23	3	46.2
A.2	O	48	Lj	95	4	40.0
	P'	85	Lj	113	3	27.3
	O	41	At	19	9	42.9
	P'	85	At	22	2	66.7
B	O	12	Mt	17	3	100
	P'	68	Mt	50	6	75.0
	O	33	Lj	32	6	100
	P'	69	Lj	72	9	81.8
	O	33	At	18	5	90.9
	P'	31	At	18	5	90.9
C	O	151	Mt	139	15	69.8
	P'	41	Mt	28	6	66.7
	O	81	Lj	43	8	85.7
	P'	41	Lj	28	3	85.7
	O	101	At	38	5	50
	P'	17	At	13	2	80
D	O	17	Lj	16	3	100
	P'	5	Lj	7	2	100

^a Calculated from the first to last shared gene in the region.
^b Synteny quality is calculated as twice the number of gene matches divided by the total number of genes in both segments, excluding TEs.

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