Hidden genes in birds.
We report that a subset of avian genes is characterized by very high GC content and long G/C stretches. These sequence characteristics correlate with the frequent absence of these genes from genomic databases. We provide several examples where genes in this subset are mistakenly reported as missing in birds. www.dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-015-0725-y.
Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Prague, Czech Republic. tomas.hron@img.cas.cz.
Tomáš
T
Hron
Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Prague, Czech Republic. petr.pajer@img.cas.cz.
Petr
P
Pajer
Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Prague, Czech Republic. jan.paces@img.cas.cz.
Jan
J
Pačes
Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Prague, Czech Republic. petr.bartunek@img.cas.cz.
Petr
P
Bartůněk
Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Prague, Czech Republic. daniel.elleder@img.cas.cz.
Daniel
D
Elleder
D000818:Animals; D030161:Avian Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001717:Birds / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans
D030161:Avian Proteins