Table 6.

Summary of the frequencies of chimerism and parasitism of somatic and gametic tissues from juvenile bi- and trichimeras

	Bichimeras	Trichimeras	Total chimeric specimen
Number of Specimens	23	7	30
Somatic Patterns
Only one genotype present	20 (87%)	4 (57%)	23 (77%)
Both genotypes present: discrete	2 (9%)	1 (14%)	3 (10%)
Both genotypes present: gradient	1 (4%)	1 (14%)	2 (7%)
No intestine samples	1 (4%)	1 (14%)	2 (7%)
Gametic Patterns
All testes match all soma	10 (43%)	3 (43%)	13 (43%)
All testes match one of multiple soma signature present	3 (13%)	1 (14%)	4 (13%)
All testes different than all soma	5 (22%)	0 (0%)	5 (17%)
Multiple genotypes present	3 (13%)	1 (14%)	3 (10%)
Chimeric testes present	1 (4%)	1 (14%)	2 (7%)
No intestine samples; all	1(4%)	1(14%)	2(7%)

The number of chimeras observed in each category is followed in parentheses by the frequency of the result (with respect to each of the three columnar categories). The total chimeric specimen column represents the overall chimera trends, derived as the numerical combination of bichimeras and trichimeras in each category.