Gaps were t rea ted fir st a s uninforma t ive cha r -
a cter s and then reana lyzed a s new cha ra cter sta tes. To
prevent the la rge repea t s in the cont r ol region from
bia sing the result s when inser t ion/delet ions were included
a s new cha ra cter sta tes, the ent ire repea t sequence
between 306 and 502 bp wa s removed.