Table 1 Per-population mean number of private MHC alleles (Private alleles), fraction of alleles that could be explained as derived by single nucleotide substitution (Local substitutions) from or recombination between (Local chimaeras) other allele/s found in the same population.

From: Balancing selection versus allele and supertype turnover in MHC class II genes in guppies

Region

Private alleles

P

Local substitutions

P

Local chimaeras

P

Trinidad

15.7

<0.0001

0.251

<0.0001

0.038

0.035

Tobago

8.7

<0.0001

0.320

0.0012

0.132

0.075

  1. P values testing whether a parameter to the left is more extreme than expected by chance were obtained by randomizing alleles between populations.
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