Duplication, concerted evolution and purifying selection drive the evolution of mosquito vitellogenin genes

Table 1 Pairwise nucleotide similarity comparisons of Culex Vtg genes^a.

	CtVg1a	CtVg1b	CtVg2a	CtVg2b	CpVg1a	CpVg1b	CpVg2a	CpVg2b
5'end/3'end
CtVg1a	-	97.6	43.5	45.9	84.3	85.0	44.1	45.3
CtVg1b	NM	-	43.2	45.6	83.5	84.3	45.2	45.3
CtVg2a	NM	NM	-	94.6	44.4	45.8	73.9	72.5
CtVg2b	NM	NM	NM	-	47.3	47.3	74.0	72.7
CpVg1a	NM	NM	NM	NM	-	99.2	45.9	44.5
CpVg1b	NM	NM	NM	NM	100	-	45.3	44.5
CpVg2a	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM	-	96.5
CpVg2b	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM	NM	-
Exon1/Exon2
CtVg1a	-	100	62.5	62.5	100	100	62.5	62.5
CtVg1b	98.1	-	62.5	62.5	100	100	62.5	62.5
CtVg2a	65.7	65.8	-	100	62.5	62.5	100	100
CtVg2b	65.7	65.7	97.5	-	62.5	62.5	100	100
CpVg1a	91.3	91.8	66.5	66.3	-	100	62.5	62.5
CpVg1b	91.6	91.9	66.4	66.3	98.7	-	62.5	62.5
CpVg2a	65.9	66.0	90.4	91.0	66.8	66.9	-	100
CpVg2b	65.8	65.9	90.2	90.9	66.6	66.7	99.6	-
Intron1/Intron2
CtVg1a	-	93.8	57.1	57.1	81.5	81.8	53.5	53.5
CtVg1b	88.5	-	55.1	56.9	83.1	83.1	54.3	54.3
CtVg2a	52.0	54.7	-	93.6	52.7	56.0	75.4	75.4
CtVg2b	52.0	54.7	100	-	54.1	54.7	70.8	70.8
CpVg1a	66.7	68.8	57.9	57.9	-	90.6	53.4	53.4
CpVg1b	69.7	72.7	55.1	55.1	92.3	-	51.4	51.4
CpVg2a	50.7	51.3	63.3	63.3	52.0	51.3	-	100
CpVg2b	51.3	52.0	64.6	64.6	51.4	51.3	98.7	-
Exon3/Entire coding region
CtVg1a	-	98.3	64.6	64.7	92.3	92.2	65.5	65.3
CtVg1b	98.1	-	64.9	65.1	92.3	92.2	66.1	65.8
CtVg2a	65.5	64.6	-	94.6	63.8	64.0	86.6	85.8
CtVg2b	64.3	64.5	97	-	64.0	64.1	84.8	87.8
CpVg1a	91.4	91.9	64.8	64.8	-	99.4	65.3	64.6
CpVg1b	91.6	91.9	64.8	64.8	98.9	-	65.6	64.9
CpVg2a	64.8	65.0	89.7	89.7	65.6	65.7	-	92.9
CpVg2b	64.7	64.9	90.3	90.3	65.3	65.4	98.4	-

^a Above the diagonal shows percentages of nucleotide identity in 5'end, exon1, intron1 and exon3; below the diagonal shows the percentages of nucleotide identity in the 3'UTR, exon2, intron2 and putative total converted sequences
NM: represents no significant match

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