Table 1.

PRNP coding sequence alleles and frequencies in Norwegian wild reindeer from Nordfjella zone 1. The allele represents the DNA arrangement within the PRNP coding sequence, constructed by phasing non-synonymous variant positions identified in the study population. Variant positions are given at the nucleotide and protein level. Listed positions are characteristic nucleotides and codons for each PRNP allele, otherwise identical to reference sequence DQ154293.1 (nucleotide) and AAZ81474.1 (protein).Abbreviations: PRNP = prion protein gene; n = number of alleles in the study population.

	PRNP open reading frame variant positions
Nucleotide Protein	4G>AVal2Met	249_272delTrp84_Gly91del	385G>AGly129Ser	505G>AVal169Met	526A>GAsn176Asp	674C>ASer225Tyr	Study populationn = 240
Allele nomenclature
A	Val	Trp84_Gly91	Gly	Val	Asn	Ser	111 (46.3%)
B	-	-	-	-	-	Tyr	73 (30.4%)
C	-	Trp84_Gly91del	-	-	-	-	23 (9.6%)
D	-	-	-	-	Asp	-	19 (7.9%)
E	Met	-	Ser	Met	-	-	14 (5.8%)