Table 1.
Proportion of 40 k var sequences of different length with identical sequence hits (> 99% identity) against databases of different size
| Hit length | Databases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 k (%) | 92 k (%) | 162 k (%) | 205 k (%) | |
| 150 bp | 67.1 | 77.0 | 87.6 | 89.3 |
| 150 bp (Africa) | 58.9 | 70.2 | 83.2 | 85.4 |
| 150 bp (Asia) | 84.8 | 91.7 | 96.6 | 97.4 |
| 1 kb | 58.5 | 68.1 | 79.9 | 81.8 |
| 2 kb | 55.7 | 64.1 | 75.3 | 77.0 |
| 3 kb | 46.5 | 53.8 | 63.3 | 64.7 |
| full hits (80%) | 30.6 | 41.8 | 53.4 | 55.7 |
All sequences start at the LARSFADIG motif found in the N-terminal DBL domain (DBLα) of most var genes. Query sequences from African and Asian genes are shown separately for the 150 bp sequences