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Table 3 Malate synthase pseudogenes in placental mammals

From: Evolution of glyoxylate cycle enzymes in Metazoa: evidence of multiple horizontal transfer events and pseudogene formation

Species

Number of exons found by TBLASTN

Percent of opossum MS gene covered by TBLASTN hits

Number of stop codons in hits

Bos Taurus

2

8.6%

0

Canis familiaris

2

10.6%

0

Cavia porcellus

Not Found

  

Dasypus novemcinctus

3

26.5%

3

Echinops telfairi

2

21.4%

3

Felis catus

4

32.5%

0

Homo sapiens

2

27.0%

0

Loxodonta africana

2

14.8%

1

Macaca mulatta

4

18.2%

0

Mus musculus

Not Found

  

Oryctolagus cuniculus

1

13.5%

2

Rattus norvegicus

Not Found

  

Sorex araneus

2

17.5%

1

Myotis lucifugus

2

18.0%

1

Otolemur garnettii

2

22.2%

1

Spermophilus tridecemlineatus

2

25.2%

1