Complete deletion of the <i>MOXD2</i> gene in the sperm whale.

<p>Sequence comparison of the sperm whale (<i>Physeter macrocephalus</i>) (horizontal) and the bottlenose dolphin (<i>Tursiops truncatus</i>) (vertical) <i>MOXD2</i> gene loci is presented. In the sperm whale, the <i>MOXD2</i> genomic region was replaced with a repeat-rich segment (red box). The bottlenose dolphin <i>MGAM</i>, <i>MOXD2</i>, and <i>PRSS58</i> genes are marked at the right, with coding regions and introns in green and yellow, respectively. Gray horizontal lines indicate gaps in the bottlenose dolphin genome assembly “turTru2”.