Fig. 2

Linear representation of the cynomolgus and rhesus macaque MHC. The position and name of each gene in the MHC region are indicated above or below the horizontal line according to the convention, and in concordance with the forward or reverse orientation of a gene, respectively. The gene content of this cynomolgus macaque MHC in contig utg000348l was established by comparison with the rhesus macaque MHC (Daza-Vamenta et al., 2004; Jerzy K Kulski et al., 2004). For the cynomolgus and rhesus macaque MHC region, the positions of the pseudogenes are indicated on a separate horizontal line. Between both the cynomolgus and the rhesus macaque, the class I region ranges from MHC-F to MIC2 (blue), the class III region ranges from PPIAP9 to RNU6-603P (green), and the class II region ranges from MHC-DRA to MHC-DPA3 (pink). There are some genes followed by a number (such as “−1”, “−2” and “−3”) to distinguish between different copies of the gene. The cynomolgus genes (top) and the rhesus genes (bottom) are scaled in kilobase pairs