Table 1

Conservation of sequences in the regions CR-1, 2 and 3 in different vertebrate species

Comparison

CR-1

CR-2

CR-3

Core

Extended

Core

Extended

Core

Extended

human/included in baboon CR-2

317 [99]

3119 [95]

800 [99.4]

4400 [95]

256

[99.6]

human/rat

317 [98.4]

837 [91]

800 [97.8]

1127 [95]

256 [99.2]

748 [94]

human/mouse

317 [98.4]

846 [92]

800 [97.8]

568 [98]

256 [99.6]

652 [97]

556 [93]

mouse/rat

317 [98.7]

2180 [95]

800 [98]

1879 [92]

256 [99.6]

855 [81]

459 [94]

964 [94]

483 [90]

534 [90]

human/shark

317 [90.2]

253 [88]

800 [93]

581 [92]

256 [93]

414 [90]

137 [85]

175 [88]

vertebrate

43, 30 [100]

144, 94, 59,

91, 62, 35,

197 [93]

53, 46 [100]

62 [100]

463 [96]

Vertebrate conservation is based on human, mouse and shark comparison. Although we find genomic sequences of other vertebrates (fugu and zebrafish) that show conservation in this region, those sequences are in draft form and, therefore, have been excluded from this comparison. Length of core and extended regions of conservation are given in base pairs. Number with in the bracket indicates percent homology.

Sabarinadh et al. Genome Biology 2003 4:P2   doi:10.1186/gb-2003-4-4-p2