|  | Gene | H. sulcata | Hy. asiticum | R. turancus |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Similarities within tick species (%) | Between sequences in this study and reference sequences from GenBank | 12S rRNA | 94.7−96 | 99.5−100 | 99.6-100 |
COI | 90−91.1 | 99.5−100 | 100 | ||
16S rRNA | 98.7−100 | 99.7 | 100 | ||
Similarities between sequences (%) | Within species | 12S rRNA | 94.3−100 | 99.6−100 | 99.2−99.6 |
COI | 90.5−100 | 98.9−100 | 93.3−100 | ||
16S rRNA | 98.7−100 | 95.3−99.7 | 98.3−100 | ||
Between species | 12S rRNA | 85.8−90.5 | 86−92.6 | 85.4−95.2 | |
COI | 82.9−87.7 | 84.2−92.4 | 84.5−91.5 | ||
16S rRNA | 79.1−91.8 | 85−92.3 | 83.5−94.2 | ||
Mean value of uncorrected genetic distance between sequences | Within species | 12S rRNA | 0.012 | 0 | 0.005 |
COI | 0.022 | 0.002 | 0.019 | ||
16S rRNA | 0.009 | 0.02 | 0.002 | ||
Between species | 12S rRNA | 0.12 | 0.109 | 0.096 | |
COI | 0.148 | 0.117 | 0.131 | ||
16S rRNA | 0.124 | 0.077 | 0.112 |