Figure 6

Reconstruction of intron gain and losses among the nuclear genes encoding mitochondrial proteins. Intron density of mitochondrial genes for each species is given after the species name. Species names and abbreviations: Amphimedon queenslandica (Aque), Anolis carolinensis (Acar), Anopheles gambiae (Agam), Arabidopsis thaliana (Atha), Aspergillus niger (Anig), Babesia bovis (Bbov), Branchiostoma floridae (Bflo), Caenorhabditis elegans (Cele), Candida albicans (Calb), Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Crei), Ciona intestinalis (Cint), Cryptococcus neoformans (Cneo), Cyanophora paradoxa (Cpar), Danio rerio (Drer), Dictyostelium discoideum (Ddis), Drosophila melanogaster (Dmel), Gallus gallus (Ggal), Gibberella zeae (Gzea), Homo sapiens (Hsap), Hydra magnipapillata (Hmag), Moniliophthora perniciosa (Mper), Monosiga brevicollis (Mbre), Mus musculus (Mmus), Oryza sativa (Osat), Ostreococcus tauri (Otau), Phaeodactylum tricornutum (Ptri), Physcomitrella patens (Ppat), Phytophthora infestans (Pinf), Plasmodium falciparum (Pfal), Podospora anserina (Pans), Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Scer), Schistosoma mansoni (Sman), Schizosaccharomyces pombe (Spom), Selaginella moellendorffii (Smoe), Sorghum bicolor (Sbic), Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Spur), Takifugu rubripes (Trub), Thalassiosira pseudonana (Tpse), Theileria parva (Tpar), Trichoplax adhaerens (Tadh), Ustilago maydis (Umay), Vitis vinifera (Vvin), Xenopus tropicalis (Xtro), Yarrowia lipolytica (Ylip).