Table 5.
Pairwise percent uncorrected sequence divergence (p-distance x 100) for the 28S region (listed first), followed by the ITS genes (ITS-1/5.8S/ITS-2). Abbreviations indicate the sequence source: Parascaris equorum (Pa equ), Baylisascaris columnaris Illinois (B col IL), B. procyonis Connecticut (B pro CT), B. procyonis California (B pro CA), B. columnaris Connecticut (B col CT), B. devosi (B dev), B. transfuga Alberta black bear (B tra BB), Toxascaris leonina (T leo), B. transfuga Alberta grizzly bear (B tra GB), Baylisascaris larva from moose (B lar).
| P equ | B col IL | B pro CT | B pro CA | B col CT | B dev | B tra BB | T leo | B tra GB | B lar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P equ | – | |||||||||
| B col IL | 7.1/16.6 | – | ||||||||
| B pro CT | 7.1/16.6 | 0.09/0.24 | – | |||||||
| B pro CA | 7.1/16.6 | 0.09/0.36 | 0/0.35 | – | ||||||
| B col CT | 7.2/17.0 | 0.19/0.84 | 0.09/0.83 | 0.09/0.95 | – | |||||
| B dev | 7.0/16.0 | 0.66/2.6 | 0.56/2.6 | 0.56/2.7 | 0.66/3.2 | – | ||||
| B tra BB | 6.6/14.5 | 1.6/5.7 | 1.6/5.7 | 1.6/5.8 | 1.7/6.3 | 1.5/5.3 | – | |||
| T leo | 6.9/23.6 | 3.7/22.2 | 3.6/22.1 | 3.6/22.1 | 3.7/22.6 | 3.5/21.6 | 3.7/20.9 | – | ||
| B tra GB | 6.6/14.5 | 1.6/5.7 | 1.6/5.7 | 1.6/5.8 | 1.7/6.3 | 1.5/5.3 | 0/0 | 3.7/20.9 | – | |
| B lar | 6.6/14.5 | 1.6/5.7 | 1.6/5.7 | 1.6/5.8 | 1.7/6.3 | 1.5/5.3 | 0/0 | 3.7/20.9 | 0/0 | – |