Figure 3

BLAST search results. BLAST matches (black font) to each of the five distinct elements in β-amylase intron 4 (red or blue boldface font). a. Numerous close matches were found to the Australopyrum element; those shown are within or near three different loci in three different Triticeae genera: a powdery mildew resistance locus in H. vulgare; an ADP glucose phosphorylase gene in T. aestivum; and a 3-phosphoglycerate kinase gene in S. cereale. b. The closest match to the Ae. comosa β-amylase element (blue) is the P. sanctum β-amylase element (red); the closest match to the P. sanctum element is near a Hordeum hypersensitive-induced reaction protein gene (black). c. The H. persica (blue) and C. delileana (red) β-amylase elements are similar in sequence but differ in length by 29 bp. The H. persica element is more similar in both length and sequence to a Hordeum element near a putative RNA binding protein gene (black, top line); the C. delileana β-amylase element is more similar in length, though slightly less similar in sequence, to an element in a Hordeum starch synthase II gene (black, bottom line). Table 1 provides details about the length and sequence comparisons shown here.