Syntenic depth
Syntenic depth refers to the number of times a genomic region (or genome) is syntenic to regions in another genome.
Tools in CoGe for classifying and quantitating syntenic depth:
Examples:
Organism | Syntenic Depth |
Dotpot |
E. coli DH10B to MG1655 |
1:1 |
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Human-Chimp | 1:1 | ![]() |
Rice-Brachypodium |
2:2 |
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Sorghum-Maize | 2:4 | ![]() |
Syntenic Depth Tables
SynFind Syntenic Depth Examples
These tables show the number of gene participating at a particular syntenic depth and are used to infer the number of polyploidy events between two genomes.