TABLE 1.
Nucleotide divergence among partial DNA polymerase gene sequences of viruses from different locations
| Virus source location(s) | % Nucleotide divergence |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum | Mean | SD | |
| English Channel | 0.18 | 0.07 | 0.09 |
| South Pacific | 4.86 | 3.54 | 1.86 |
| North Atlantic | 0.51 | 0.18 | 0.26 |
| Mediterranean Sea | 18.01 | 10.84 | 9.03 |
| English Channel and South Pacific | 5.04 | 4.12 | 1.35 |
| English Channel and North Atlantic | 20.36 | 20.12 | 2.1 |
| English Channel and Mediterranean Sea | 18.37 | 10.91 | 6.2 |
| South Pacific and North Atlantic | 20.72 | 20.49 | 2.56 |
| South Pacific and Mediterranean Sea | 18.91 | 9.57 | 7.7 |
| North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea | 19.45 | 13.53 | 7.72 |