Fig. 2: Single bee elavl2 gene is alternatively spliced.
From: Dynamically expressed single ELAV/Hu orthologue elavl2 of bees is required for learning and memory
a Gene model of Apis mellifera elavl2 gene depicting exons (boxes) and their splicing. Constant splicing is indicated by solid lines and alternative splicing is indicated by dashed lines. In total, 40 different alternative splice products are possible. Skipping of exon 4 variants results in a frameshift in exon 5 (indicated by an asterisk). b Depiction of exon 4 variants and length of alternative microexons. c Sequence of alternative microexons and frameshift in exon 5* from skipping of exon 4 variants. d Alignment of alternative microexon 4c from bees with a part present in Drosophila ELAV or alternatively spliced microexons in ELAV/Hu family proteins of other species with a consensus motif shown at the bottom. Retroposed genes lacking introns are indicated by an asterisk.
