Fig. 3

Conserved synteny in vertebrate osteoglycins (ogn). The gene environment of ogn genes was obtained from the Ensembl Genome Browser and from the UCSC genome browser of the sea bass genome at http://seabass.mpipz.mpg.de. Horizontal lines represent the chromosome fragments and arrow boxes indicate genes and the arrowhead points in the direction of the predicted gene transcription. Homologue genes between species are the same colour (shading) to facilitate perception of conservation. The predicted location of the genes in the chromosome is indicated below each box, in megabase pairs. Note the higher synteny between OGN in terrestrial vertebrates and teleost ogn1. NOL8 – Nucleolar protein 8; CENPP – Centromere protein P; OGN – Osteoglycin; OMD – Osteomodulin; ASP – Asporin; ECM2 – Extracellular matrix protein 2; IPPK – Inositol 1,3,4,5,6-pentakisphosphate 2-kinase; kctd6 – Potassium channel tetramerisation domain containing 6; Slmapb – Sarcolemma associated protein b; abhd6b – Abhydrolase domain containing 6