Table 2. Test of association between genetic variation in 16 melanisation gene candidates and offspring phenotype.

locus	allele A		allele B		X 2 value
	carb	typ	carb	typ
aaNAT	15	20	23	15	0.516545
Ddc	14	21	21	17	0.533008
Dhpr	16	15	22	20	0.999927
ebony	21	19	17	16	0.999844
ferritinHC	18	17	20	18	0.999712
ferritinLC	18	17	20	18	0.999712
henna	16	20	22	15	0.648496
punch	16	14	22	21	0.998396
Pap1	20	15	18	20	0.873806
Pap3	18	17	13	25	0.182833
Ppo1	27	20	11	15	0.673701
Ppo2	28	19	10	16	0.393203
tan	20	20	18	15	0.98527
TH	20	20	18	15	0.98527
yellow	21	14	17	21	0.636792
yellow2	22	12	16	23	0.252829

Distribution of 38 carbonaria and 35 typical offspring among the paternal alleles (A and B) at each candidate locus.