Table 1. NZSL MHC DQB alleles and frequency in NZSL live pup population as derived from Sanger sequencing and Phase reconstruction.

Allele number	Alleles		Count	Frequency
bp position consensus	53	54
1	T	C	117	0.812
2	C	T	27	0.188

Two alleles are present at adjacent nucleotides. Base pair (bp) consensus positions are arbitrarily calculated from the start position of the amplified PCR fragment in NZSL DNA.