Table 1. Indels (insertions/deletions) and premature stop codon numbers of defective Tas1r genes in reptiles used in this study.
| Species | Exon1 | Exon2 | Exon3 | Exon4 | Exon5 | Exon6 | No. of premature Stop codon | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insertion | Deletion | Insertion | Deletion | Insertion | Deletion | Insertion | Deletion | Insertion | Deletion | Insertion | Deletion | ||
| Tas1r2 | |||||||||||||
| King cobra | – | – | – | – | 1 bp | 0 bp | – | – | – | – | 1, 1, 1 bp | 1, 2, 2, 8 bp | 2 at exon3; 3 at exon6 |
| Common garter snake | – | – | 0 bp | 7 bp | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 at exon2 |
| Brown spotted pit viper | – | – | 0 bp | 0 bp | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 bp | 1, 1 bp | 1 at exon6 |
| Tas1r3 | |||||||||||||
| Speckled rattlesnake | 1 bp | 2, 1 bp | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 at exon1 |
Note:
“–”
Indicates no available information.