Table 1 Variability in on/off rates of the var genes over 20 generations
| Â | Â | Fast | Â | Â | Slow | Â | Â |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
On/off rate | Var gene | Clone | Change of proportional var transcript levels* | Mean rate | Clone | Change of proportional var transcript levels* | Mean rate |
On rate | var98 | 4C-B | 2%-29%-42% | 2% | 4C-D | 2.3%-8%-11% | 0.44% |
| Â | var45 | 5H-C | 1%-6%-57% | 2.8% | 5H-D | 0.14%-0.26%-2.24% | 0.11% |
| Â | var136 | 6G-A | 2%-16%-48% | 2.3% | 6G-D | 1%-1%-1.7% | 0.04% |
| Â | var21 | 5H-B | 13%-14%-74% | 3.05% | 5H-C | 11%-17%-25% | 0.7% |
Off rate | var98 | 4C-B | 42%-32%-11% | 1.55% | 5H-D | 2.5%-1.5%-1.3% | 0.06% |
| Â | var51 | 5H-A | 44%-33%-3% | 2.05% | 5H-B | 5.2%-0.8%-0.1% | 0.26% |
| Â | var167 | 4C-C | 44%-18%-14% | 1.5% | 6G-D | 1.5%-0.9%-0.5% | 0.05% |
| Â | var47 | 6G-B | 34%-20%-19% | 0.75% | 4C-C | 0.9%-0.5%-0.4% | 0.03% |