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Table 2 GC content of the third codon positions (GC3) in coding exons of neurohypophysial hormone genes

From: Sequence and organization of coelacanth neurohypophysial hormone genes: Evolutionary history of the vertebrate neurohypophysial hormone gene locus

  

Exon 1

Exon 2

Exon 3

Coelacanth

vasotocin gene

42.5%

41.2%

48.1%

 

mesotocin gene

40.0%

41.2%

56.3%

Bovine

vasopressin gene

87.5%

94.0%

93.3%

 

oxytocin gene

90.0%

95.5%

89.5%

Human

vasopressin gene

92.5%

95.5%

98.2%

 

oxytocin gene

90.0%

94.0%

88.9%

  1. The GC3 contents of all three exons of the coelacanth vasotocin and mesotocin genes are compared with the GC3 content in bovine and human vasopressin and oxytocin genes to determine if the coelacanth genes have undergone gene conversion.