Table 3.

Base Pair Changes

Type of substitution No. of substitutions
Transitions[ii]
 C/T (=T/C, G/A, A/G)7060 (70.24%)
Total transitions7060 (70.24%)
Transversions[iii]
 C/G (=G/C)949 (9.44%)
 T/A (=A/T)496 (4.94%)
 T/G (=G/T, C/A, A/C)1546 (15.38%)
Total transversions2991 (29.76%)

[i] Each base change observed in the candidate variants was categorized to be one of the four types shown.

[ii] Transitions are pyrimidine–pyrimidine or purine–purine substitutions.

[iii] Transversions are purine–pyrimidine or pyrimidine–purine substitutions.