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Table 3 Average value of uncorrected pairwise distance and the range of similarities between sequences of ticks from the same or from difference species

From: Records of three mammal tick species parasitizing an atypical host, the multi-ocellated racerunner lizard, in arid regions of Xinjiang, China

  

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