TABLE 5.
Polymorphism within and divergence between fliC domains for H7 and H6 flagellar antigens
| Domain | No. of codons | Mean ± SE polymorphism within domain
|
pN/pS ratio | Mean ± SE divergence between domains
|
pN/pS ratio | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pS (102) | pN (102) | pS (102) | pN (102) | ||||
| N terminus | 153 | 4.60 ± 0.87 | 0.52 ± 0.18 | 0.12 ± 0.05 | 21.70 ± 3.69 | 0.49 ± 0.32 | 0.02 ± 0.01 |
| Central region | 240 | 1.13 ± 0.33 | 0.61 ± 0.18 | 0.57 ± 0.27 | 69.57 ± 3.43 | 64.33 ± 2.14 | 0.93 ± 0.05 |
| C terminus | 68 | 2.69 ± 1.03 | 0.44 ± 0.25 | 0.17 ± 0.13 | 24.07 ± 5.23 | 2.55 ± 1.76 | 0.11 ± 0.08 |