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.