Table 1.

Number of base substitutions in 5S rDNA of Atropa belladonna

Clone	Length	Transversions	Transitions		Total number of base substitutions
			C → T, G → A	T → C, A → G
Group I: long repeats
Ab-5S-05	199	0	1	0	1
Ab-5S-09	199	1	1	1	3
Ab-5S-14	199	2	2	0	4
Ab-5S-15	199	0	0	0	0
Ab-5S-16	199	2	2	0	4
Ab-5S-24	200	5	3	0	8
Ab-5S-93	198	0	0	0	0
Total for group I	1393	10 (50.0%)	9 (45.0%)	1 (5.0%)	20 (100%)
Group II: intermediate repeats
Ab-5S-03	112	0	0	0	0
Ab-5S-36	144	6	9	1	16
Ab-5S-37	112	0	1	0	1
Ab-5S-43	112	0	0	0	0
Ab-5S-53	112	0	0	0	0
Ab-5S-52	112	1	2	0	3
Ab-5S-54	112	0	0	0	0
Ab-5S-61	112	0	1	0	1
Total for group II	928	7 (33.3%)	13 (61.9%)	1 (4.8%)	21 (100%)
Group III: short repeats
Ab-5S-02	54	1	5	0	6
Ab-5S-32	53	1	5	0	6
Ab-5S-33	54	1	4	0	5
Ab-5S-39	62	3	4	0	7
Ab-5S-42	54	1	2	0	3
Total for group III	277	7 (25.9%)	20 (74.1%)	0	27 (100%)

Note: The number of base substitutions was calculated comparing sequences of individual clones and the consensus sequence. Lengths of clones are presented without primers used for PCR