Table 3.
Genetic variation in exon 2 sequences of the DRB gene observed for 1,407 rodent samples from 24 species and 11 genera.
| Rodent Genera | Number of DRB copy amplified | Number of analysed samples | Replicates | Genotyped (p = 0.999) | Heterozygotes genotyped | Number of variant | Mean number of sequences per variant | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nb | % | Nb | % | Nb | % | |||||
| Pool A | ||||||||||
| Myodes | 2 | 650 | 33 | 5.1 | 602 | 93 | 495 | 82.2 | 71 | 834 |
| Arvicola | 1 | 49 | 2 | 4.1 | 49 | 100 | 36 | 73.5 | 13 | 324 |
| Microtus | 1 | 40 | 2 | 5.0 | 36 | 90 | 29 | 80.6 | 7 | 403 |
| Apodemus | 1 | 44 | 3 | 6.8 | 42 | 95 | 39 | 92.9 | 50 | 70 |
| Pool B | ||||||||||
| Rattus | 1 | 417 | 19 | 4.6 | 388 | 93 | 248 | 63.9 | 110 | 233 |
| Mus | 1 | 147 | 8 | 5.4 | 134 | 91 | 110 | 82.1 | 53 | 171 |
| Niviventer | 1 | 78 | 5 | 6.4 | 44 | 56 | 9 | 20.5 | 15 | 172 |
| Bandicota | 1 | 58 | 4 | 6.9 | 51 | 88 | 39 | 76.5 | 21 | 154 |
| Berylmys | 1 | 37 | 4 | 10.8 | 36 | 97 | 25 | 69.4 | 19 | 122 |
| Leopoldamys | 1 | 24 | 1 | 4.2 | 21 | 88 | 14 | 66.7 | 12 | 121 |
| Maxomys | 4 | 22 | 2 | 9.1 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 100.0 | 21 | 37 |
| Total | 1,566 | 83 | 5.3 | 1,407 | 90 | 1,048 | 74.5 | 392 | 277 | |
The confidence level used for validating genotypes was fixed at 10-3.