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Table 1 Homologs of select Drosophila melanogaster meiosis-associated genes in D. pulex.

From: Meiosis genes in Daphnia pulexand the role of parthenogenesis in genome evolution

D. melanogasterprotein

Function

DaphniaGene Model

NR-blast E-value

cDNA

Abnormal × segregation

Female meiosis chromosome segregation

JGI_V11_233883

5 × 10-112

Yes

Anaphase Promoting Complex

Ubiquitin ligase

NCBI_GNO_1048014

0

Yes

ATM/Rad3/Mei-41

Kinase, DNA repair and recombination

JGI_V11_299627

0

Yes

Boule

RNA binding; male meiosis

JGI_V11_299633

9 × 10-15

Yes

Chk2

Ser/Thr kinase

NCBI_GNO_348374

1 × 10-15

No

Courtless

Ubiquitin ligase; male meiosis

JGI_V11_196074

4 × 10-86

Yes

Effete

Ubiquitin ligase; meiosis

JGI_V11_69870

5 × 10-51

Yes

ERCC4

Excision repair nuclease

JGI_V11_331812

0

Yes

Fumble

Pantothenate kinase; meiosis

JGI_V11_299558

1 × 10-135

Yes

Grapes

Checkpoint kinase 1; female chromosome segregation

JGI_V11_43327

1 × 10-148

Yes

Kinesin-like protein at 3A

Chromosome-associated kinesin; male meiosis/mitosis

JGI_V11_232248

0

Yes

Lesswright

Ubiquitin conjugation; female meiosis chromosome segregation

JGI_V11_230818

1 × 10-85

Yes

Mei-P26

Ubiquitin ligase; meiosis

JGI_V11_299653

5 × 10-63

Yes

Meics

Spindle component, transcription factor; meiosis

NCBI_GNO_178964

3 × 10-64

Yes

Minispindles

Microtubule binding

JGI_V11_299544

0

Yes

Missing oocyte

Protein binding; meiosis

JGI_V11_301937

0

Yes

Mutagen-sensitive 81

Crossover junction endonuclease

JGI_V11_304957

6 × 10-91

Yes

Mutagen-sensitive 301/Mns1

DNA polymerase theta

JGI_V11_320958

3 × 10-179

No

Nebbish

Kinesin

JGI_V11_47335

2 × 10-82

No

Non-claret disjunctional

Kinesin-like; spindle assembly, chromosome segregation

JGI_V11_299957

5 × 10-95

Yes

Out at first

Female meiosis chromosome segregation

JGI_V11_47164

1 × 10-61

Yes

Pavarotti

Kinesin; female meiosis chromosome segregation

JGI_V11_305721

0

Yes

Separase

Cohesin proteolysis

JGI_V11_243106

5 × 10-36

Yes

String

Tyrosine kinase, meiosis

JGI_V11_44847

6 × 10-48

Yes

Transforming acidic coiled coil

Microtubule binding; meiosis, mitosis

NCBI_GNO_562034

5 × 10-32

Yes

  1. Genes were detected by BLAST protein homology searches using annotations and literature available at FlyBase [26]. Evidence for gene expression (indicated by "Yes" or "No") was determined using cDNA from pooled genotypes of cyclical parthenogens producing either resting eggs (via meiosis) or direct-developing eggs (via parthenogenesis). Expression patterns between meiosis and parthenogenesis were indistinguishable.