Gene split models for 47 plant reference genomes based on the latest Gramene release 59 (Gramene59Ensembl94) are given below. The split gene models are commonly related to an annotation artifact where a single gene is annotated as two or more genes due to incomplete evidence, but could also result from legitimate evolutionary processes. The Compara Gene Tree method predicts a special class of within-species paralogs called contiguous gene split. A contiguous gene split is called when the two apparently paralogous genes lie on the same strand and in close proximity (<1MB) but have no (or little) overlapping sequence. Here is brief statistics of contiguous gene split models for each species. Species Counts_ptative_split_genes Arabidopsis_lyrata_subsp._lyrata 69 Arabidopsis_thaliana 21 Beta_vulgaris_subsp._vulgaris 47 Brachypodium_distachyon 47 Brassica_oleracea_var._oleracea 563 Brassica_rapa_subsp._pekinensis 78 Chlamydomonas_reinhardtii 38 Cucumis_sativus 396 Daucus_carota_subsp._sativus 197 Dioscorea_rotundata 171 Glycine_max 516 Gossypium_raimondii 322 Helianthus_annuus 442 Hordeum_vulgare_subsp._vulgare 118 Leersia_perrieri 68 Lupinus_angustifolius 64 Manihot_esculenta 112 Medicago_truncatula 176 Musa_acuminata_subsp._malaccensis 591 Nicotiana_attenuata 46 Oryza_barthii 85 Oryza_brachyantha 138 Oryza_glaberrima 191 Oryza_glumipatula 140 Oryza_meridionalis 72 Oryza_nivara 92 Oryza_punctata 76 Oryza_rufipogon 68 Oryza_sativa_Indica_Group 282 Oryza_sativa_Japonica_Group 286 Ostreococcus_lucimarinus_CCE9901 8 Phaseolus_vulgaris 534 Physcomitrella_patens 36 Populus_trichocarpa 141 Prunus_persica 62 Setaria_italica 342 Solanum_lycopersicum 531 Solanum_tuberosum 246 Sorghum_bicolor 29 Theobroma_cacao 34 Trifolium_pratense 385 Triticum_aestivum 412 Triticum_dicoccoides 629 Vigna_angularis 191 Vigna_radiata_var._radiata 40 Vitis_vinifera 336 Zea_mays 152