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Figure 8

From: Evolution, expansion and expression of the Kunitz/BPTI gene family associated with long-term blood feeding in Ixodes Scapularis

Figure 8

The evolution scenario and structural variations of Kunitz/BPTI family in the ticks. (A), the evolution scenario of Kunitz/BPTI family in the ticks. Events of different indels (group II type, group III type and other type indels), gene duplication, whole genome duplication, multi-domain and function divergence, occurred during the evolution of Kunitz/BPTI family in the ticks. These events are indicated by different shapes. (B), Structural variations of Kunitz/BPTI family in the ticks. The group II and group III type indels lead to structural changes of Kunitz/BPTI proteins. These changes in structure (group II, group III) relative to classical Kunitz/BPTI proteins (group I) are circled.

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