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Table 2 Sp185/333 allele distribution is unique for 10 purple sea urchinsa

From: Short tandem repeats, segmental duplications, gene deletion, and genomic instability in a rapidly diversified immune gene family

 

Amplicon sizeb and gene element patternc

Animal number

427

01

519

E d

541

–e

617

F1

626

–e

636

B f

643

–e

656

D g

663

C h

924

A1

928

–e

930

A2

940

–e

947

A2a

1

0.19

0.25

   

0.18

 

1.0

0.26

  

0.2

0.16

 

2

 

0.77

   

0.22

0.18

1.0

0.87

0.32

    

6

 

1.0

   

0.54

 

0.79

0.56

0.37

  

0.37

 

7

0.27

0.59

   

0.33

 

0.87

1.0

 

0.43

 

0.4

 

13

0.29

0.55

   

0.37

 

1.0

0.91

  

0.43

 

0.43

17

0.21

0.22

0.13

  

0.42

 

1.0

0.32

 

0.17

 

0.2

 

18

0.58

0.55

 

0.37

 

0.69

 

1.0

0.33

   

0.78

 

20

0.38

0.36

   

0.31

0.15

1.0

0.5

0.27

  

0.26

 

25

0.12

0.3

  

0.12

0.1

 

1.0

  

0.12

 

0.12

 

31

0.31

0.37

   

0.73

 

1.0

0.22

 

0.18

 

0.19

 
  1. aDistribution is expressed as peak area ratios relative to the largest peak in each animal. See Fig. 2 and Additional file 4: Figure S3
  2. bAmplified with primers F6 and R9 (see Additional file 1: Table S1; Additional file 2: Figure S1B)
  3. cBased on closest matches (≤3 nt difference) using 121 known unique Sp185/333 gene sequences [20]
  4. dPredicted gene element patterns include E2, E3, E6, E8, E9 and E10
  5. eNo known gene element patterns match this amplicon size
  6. fPredicted gene element patterns include B2, B3 and B8
  7. gPredicted gene element patterns include D1, D5 and D7
  8. hPredicted gene element patterns include C2, C3 and C6