Table 3.
Species-specific nucleotide variation in the ITS region based on consensus sequences of different Uncaria species.
| Species | Position |
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| U. rhynchophylloides | T | G | A | C | T | T | A | T | G | G | G | G | C | T | C | C | A | C | G | C | – | G | T | T | C | G | – | T | T | T | C |
| U. rhynchophylla | . | . | . | T | C | . | G | . | . | K | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | Y | . | . | – | . | . | C | . | . | – | . | . | . | . |
| U. sinensis | . | . | . | . | C | . | G | . | . | A | . | . | T | . | . | . | . | . | T | . | – | . | . | C | . | . | – | . | . | . | . |
| U. homomalla | . | . | . | . | C | . | G | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | T | . | . | . | . | . | – | . | . | C | . | T | – | . | . | . | . |
| U. hirsuta | . | T | . | . | C | . | G | . | A | . | . | . | . | C | . | . | . | . | . | . | – | . | . | C | . | . | – | . | . | . | . |
| U. sessilifructus | . | . | C | . | C | . | G | . | . | . | T | . | . | . | . | . | M | . | . | . | C | W | . | C | A | . | – | . | . | . | A |
| U. macrophylla | C | . | . | . | C | . | G | C | . | . | . | S | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | – | . | C | C | . | . | – | . | . | . | . |
| U. laevigata | . | . | R | . | C | . | G | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | G | . | . | A | – | . | . | C | . | . | – | . | . | . | . |
| U. lancifolia | . | . | . | . | Y | . | G | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | – | . | . | C | . | . | – | . | . | . | . |
| U. lanosa | . | . | . | . | C | C | G | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | – | . | . | C | . | . | – | T | C | A | . |
| U. scandens | . | . | . | . | C | . | G | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | T | . | . | . | . | – | . | . | C | . | K | – | . | . | . | . |
| U. yunnanensis | . | . | . | . | C | C | G | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | – | . | . | C | . | . | T | Y | C | A | . |
Degenerate nucleotides: R: A/G, Y: C/T, M: A/C, K: G/T, S: G/C, W: A/T. Nucleotide numbering starts from 5′-TTTCCG.