Table 2.

Accuracy of the 454 sequencing shown by comparisons of the 4 genes that have been sequenced in 2 different batches (represented by different clones)

Gene	Base pairs overlap	Base differences	Gaps	"Error rate"	BLASTs	Comments
MLPH	132,208	19	65	0.063%	20	Same allele
KITL	81,545	63	146	0.256%	36	Different allele
SILV	75,069	70	174	0.325%	19	Different allele
KIT	35,344	23	99	0.345%	22	Different allele

For MLPH, the assumption is that the same allele was sequenced, while for the other 3 genes, different alleles were compared