Synteny

"Synteny" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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The presence of two or more genetic loci on the same chromosome. Extensions of this original definition refer to the similarity in content and organization between chromosomes, of different species for example.

Descriptor ID

D026801

MeSH Number(s)

G02.111.810.550.830

G05.810.550.830

Concept/Terms

Synteny

Conserved Synteny

Colinearity, Chromosomal

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Synteny".

Biological Sciences [G]
Chemical Phenomena [G02]
Biochemical Phenomena [G02.111]
Sequence Homology [G02.111.810]
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid [G02.111.810.550]
Synteny [G02.111.810.550.830]
Genetic Phenomena [G05]
Sequence Homology [G05.810]
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid [G05.810.550]
Synteny [G05.810.550.830]

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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Synteny".

publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Synteny" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Synteny" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 58 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2007

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2001	1	2	3
2002	1	3	4
2003	0	1	1
2004	0	5	5
2005	0	4	4
2006	0	5	5
2007	1	6	7
2008	0	4	4
2009	1	4	5
2010	0	1	1
2011	0	2	2
2013	1	2	3
2014	0	1	1
2015	1	4	5
2016	0	2	2
2019	0	1	1
2020	1	0	1
2021	0	2	2
2022	1	1	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Synteny" by people in Profiles.

Two broadly conserved families of polyprenyl-phosphate transporters. Nature. 2023 01; 613(7945):729-734.

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Evolution of the ancestral mammalian karyotype and syntenic regions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 10 04; 119(40):e2209139119.

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Repeat-Driven Generation of Antigenic Diversity in a Major Human Pathogen, Trypanosoma cruzi. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2021; 11:614665.

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Conjugative plasmids interact with insertion sequences to shape the horizontal transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 02 09; 118(6).

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Nonconserved Long Intergenic Noncoding RNAs Associate With Complex Cardiometabolic Disease Traits. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2021 01; 41(1):501-511.

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The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution. Nature. 2020 08; 584(7821):403-409.

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DNA sequence-based mapping and comparative genomics of the St genome of Pseudoroegneria spicata (Pursh) Á. Löve versus wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Genome. 2020 Sep; 63(9):445-457.

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Spexin and a Novel Cichlid-Specific Spexin Paralog Both Inhibit FSH and LH Through a Specific Galanin Receptor (Galr2b) in Tilapia. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2020; 11:71.

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A natural mouse model reveals genetic determinants of systemic capillary leak syndrome (Clarkson disease). Commun Biol. 2019; 2:398.

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Synteny and phylogenetic analysis of paralogous thyrostimulin beta subunits (GpB5) in vertebrates. PLoS One. 2019; 14(9):e0222808.

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