Table 1 Allelic diversity of MHC class I and class II in five species of Centrocercus and Tympanuchus grouse, where n is the number of individuals genotyped, A is the number of alleles (private alleles in parentheses) and A/I is the mean (±s.d.) number of alleles per individual
Genus/species | MHC class I | MHC class II | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | A | A/I (±s.d.) | n | A | A/I (±s.d.) | |
Centrocercus | ||||||
C. minimus (Gunnison sage-grouse) | 20 | 3 (0) | 1.25±0.44 | 19 | 2 (1) | 1.10±0.32 |
C. urophasianus (greater sage-grouse) | 22 | 7 (4) | 1.55±0.51 | 20 | 12 (10) | 2.05±0.83 |
Tympanuchus | ||||||
T. phasianellus (sharp-tailed grouse) | 21 | 11 (4) | 1.67±0.48 | 21 | 15 (3) | 2.24±0.89 |
T. pallidicinctus (lesser prairie chicken) | 20 | 12 (2) | 1.75±0.44 | 21 | 15 (0) | 2.76±0.89 |
T. cupido (greater prairie chicken) | 183 | 25 (12) | 1.80±0.40 | 182 | 30 (11) | 2.44±0.91 |
Resampled T. cupido | 20 | 14.9 | — | 20 | 15.3 | — |
Total | 266 | 37 | 1.61±0.22 | 263 | 46 | 2.12±0.63 |
