Table 3. Number of exon-1 sequences of Pf3D7 var genes categorised by UPS type.

Sequences shared with the normalised dataset with > 99% identity and an overlap ≥1 kb are shown. upsE is the var2CSA gene.

UPS type	var genes	Total bases	% genes covered once	breakpoints per var gene
UPSE	1	8,004	22.1%	0.0
UPSA	6	50,661	23.6%	1.8
UPSB	37	20,9940	29.8%	1.2
UPSC	13	70,740	57.9%	2.8