Table 2.
Number of ITS (%) | ||||
ITS type | Human | Chimpanzee | Mouse | Rat |
Conserved ITS loci (old) | 75 (90.4) | 75 (94.9) | 58 (23.8) | 58 (23.2) |
Species-specific ITS loci (young) | 5 (6.0) | 4 (5.1) | 58 (23.8) | 72 (28.8) |
Not informative ITS loci* | 3 (3.6) | 0 (0) | 128 (52.5) | 120 (48.0) |
Total | 83 | 79 | 244 | 250 |
*ITS loci for which the orthologous loci were not found or were grossly rearranged.