Fig. 1

Incomplete retention of sox15 during amniote evolution. Summary of synteny analysis of (a) mammalian, (b) reptilian, and (c) other gnathostomatan orthologs of sox15 using 56 Gnathostomata species. H. sapiens, Homo sapiens; M. fascicularis, Macaca fascicularis; M. musculus, Mus musculus; O. cuniculus, Oryctolagus cuniculus; F. catus, Felis catus; C. lupus familiaris, Canis lupus familiaris; O. orca, Orcinus orca; B. taurus, Bos taurus; L. africana; Loxodonta africana; M. domestica, Monodelphis domestica; T. vulpecula, Trichosurus vulpecula; S. harrisii, Sarcophilus harrisii; V. ursinus, Vombatus ursinus; P. cinereus, Phascolarctos cinereus; T. cynocephalus, Thylacinus cynocephalus; G. leadbeateri, Gymnobelideus leadbeateri; O. anatinus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus; T. aculeatus, Tachyglossus aculeatus; P. sinensis, Pelodiscus sinensis; G. evgoodei, Gopherus evgoodei; C. picta, Chrysemys picta; D. coriacea, Dermochelys coriacea; A. sinensis, Alligator sinensis; C. porosus, Crocodylus porosus; N. harrisi, Nannopterum harrisi; C. moneduloides, Corvus moneduloides; C. ustulatus, Catharus ustulatus; S. habroptila, Strigops habroptila; P. picta, Paroedura picta; P. muralis, Podarcis muralis; V. komodoensis, Varanus komodoensis; V. berus, Vipera berus; P. vitticeps, Pogona vitticeps; P. obsoletus, Pantherophis obsoletus; N. naja, Naja naja; L. colubrina, Laticauda colubrina; P. pectinata, Pristis pectinata; C. plagiosum, Chiloscyllium plagiosum; C. milii, Callorhinchus milii; E. calabaricus, Erpetoichthys calabaricus; A. ruthenus, Acipenser ruthenus; L. oculatus, Lepisosteus oculatus; S. formosus, Scleropages formosus; D. rerio, Danio rerio; D. clupeoides, Denticeps clupeoides; H. stenolepis, Hippoglossus stenolepis; M. zebra, Maylandia zebra; O. latipes, Oryzias latipes; P. flavescens, Perca flavescens; L. crocea, Larimichthys crocea; T. rubripes, Takifugu rubripes; L. chalumnae, Latimeria chalumnae; G. seraphini, Geotrypetes seraphini; R. bivittatum, Rhinatrema bivittatum; X. tropicalis, Xenopus tropicalis; and X. laevis, Xenopus laevis