From: Evolution of Tubulin Gene Arrays in Trypanosomatid parasites: genomic restructuring in Leishmania
 | Species | Tandem gene arrayb: | |||||||||||
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 |  | Monotypic: | Alternating: | ||||||||||
 |  | α-α | β-β | α-β | β-α | ||||||||
 |  | size | primers | accessiona | size | primers | accessiona | Size | primers | accessiona | size/bp | primers | accessiona |
Genome | Trypanosoma brucei | X | Â | Â | x | Â | Â | 326 | - | Tb927.1.2340 | 631 | - | Tb927.1.2330 |
 | Trypanosoma congolense | X |  |  | x |  |  | 357 | - | congo819f03.q1k | 443 | - | congo819f03.q1k |
 | Trypanosoma cruzi | X |  |  | x |  |  | 679 | - | AF091836 | 932 | - | M97956 |
 | Trypanosoma vivax | X |  |  | x |  |  | 488 | - | tviv1885f05.p1k | 332 | - | tviv1885f05.p1k |
 | Leishmania major | 920 | - | LmjF13.0280 | 2253 | - | LmjF33.0792 | x |  |  | x |  |  |
 | Leishmania infantum | 958 | - | LinJ13.0260 | 2283 | - | contig4336 | x |  |  | x |  |  |
 | Leishmania braziliensis | 904 | - | - | 1629 | - | - | x |  |  | x |  |  |
PCR | Trypanosoma cyclops | X | Â | Â | x | Â | Â | 515 | betaF/alphaR | DQ450538 | 645 | betaF/alphaR | DQ450538 |
 | Trypanosoma grayi | X |  |  | x |  |  | 521 | betaF/alphaR | DQ450539 | 683 | betaF/alphaR | DQ450539 |
 | Trypanosoma pestanai | X |  |  | x |  |  | 611 | senseα/antiβ | DQ450540 | x |  |  |
 | Crithidia deanei | X |  |  | x |  |  | 527 | betaF/betaR | DQ450532 | x |  |  |
 | Bodo saltans | X |  |  | x |  |  | 608 | senseα/antiβ | DQ450531 | x |  |  |
 | Parabodo caudatus | X |  |  | x |  |  | x |  |  | 545 | senseβ/antiα | DQ450537 |
 | Neobodo designis | X |  |  | x |  |  | 390 | senseα/antiβ | DQ450535 | x |  |  |
 | Herpetomonas megaseliae | X |  |  | x |  |  | x |  |  | 1222 | senseβ/antiα | DQ450536 |
 | Leishmania mexicana | 917 | senseα/antiα | DQ450541 | 1975 | senseβ/antiβ | DQ450542 | x |  |  | x |  |  |
 | Crithidia fasciculata | 927 | senseα/antiα | DQ450533 | 1229 | senseβ/antiβ | DQ450534 | x |  |  | x |  |  |