Table 3.
Comparison of variable nucleotide residues in intron and exon regions of antigen-encoding Theileria parva gene segments.
| Gene | Variable nucleotides in exon region(s) |
Variable nucleotides in intron regions |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Non-syna | Syna | Number | Percent | |
| Tp1 | 35/344 | 10.2% | 22 | 13 | – | – |
| Tp2 | 168/243 | 69.1% | 156 | 12 | – | – |
| Tp4 | 18/118 | 15.3% | 3 | 15 | 92/265 | 35.9% |
| Tp5 | 10/208 | 4.8% | 0 | 10 | 19/120 | 15.8% |
| Tp6 | 28/288 | 10.4% | 1 | 27 | – | – |
| Tp10 | 17/180 | 9.4% | 1 | 16 | 13/98 | 13.2% |
a
Non-synonymous and synonymous nucleotide substitutions, respectively.