From: Genes with a large intronic burden show greater evolutionary conservation on the protein level
An example of the most distant species with detectable human ortholog | Phylogenic group | Divergence time (million years) | Reference | CI |
---|---|---|---|---|
Homo sapiens | Unique to humans | 0 | ||
Pan troglodytes | Great apes | 6 | [31] | 1 |
Macaca mullata | Primates | 35 | [31] | 2 |
Rattus norvegicus | Rodents | 90 | [31] | 3 |
Gallus gallus | Birds | 310 | [34] | 4 |
Danio rerio | Fishes | 400 | [34] | 5 |
Anopheles gambiae | Insects | 600 | [35] | 6 |
Caenorhabditis elegans | Worms | 700 | [35] | 7 |
Schizosaccharomyces pombe | Fungi | 800 | [35] | 8 |
Oryza sativa | Plants | 900 | [35] | 9 |