Fig. 1From: GC content of vertebrate exome landscapes reveal areas of accelerated protein evolutionGenome-wide landscapes of base composition of predicted mRNAs from four placental mammals. GC content from a vertebrate gene set of 15,824 predicted mRNAs encoded in the genomes of African elephant (Loxodonta africana, panel b), polar bear (Ursus maritimus, panel c) and Chinese rufous horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus sinicus, panel d) were compared to human data (panel a). Orthologous genes were ranked on the order of the human genome and GC content was calculated using a sliding window approach of a gene and its 100 surrounding genes. All four mammalian species show highly similar patterns of GC content fluctuationsBack to article page