Ψ Cym - Equus przewalskii

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GlossID Species Gene Loss Mechanism Loss Type Lineage Specific Evidence Accession Nr.
GL_VGVTOT Equus przewalskii LOF (frameshift, premature stop, ss) Full Yes Genomic

Statements

Type Excerpt DOI
Mutation Description "In Perissodactyla the two equidae analysed species, Equus caballus (common horse) and Equus przewalskii (Dzungarian horse), show a conserved mutational pattern with the deletion of exon 2, 3 and 4, several indels along the gene sequence and a common termination codon mutation in exon 6; (...)" 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.08.014

Curator Observations

Although only genomic evidence is provided the conservation of the observed mutations in Hominoidea strongly supports that the pseudogenization in this species is fixed.