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Table 1 Wilcoxon signed rank test of the inter-specific divergences among the five loci

From: Evaluating the feasibility of using candidate DNA barcodes in discriminating species of the large Asteraceae family

W +

W-

inter Relative Ranks, n, Pvalue

Result

ITS2

psbA-trnH

W + = 92, W - = 13, n = 14, P < 0.0132

ITS2 >psbA-trnH

psbA-trnH

rbcL

W + = 89, W - = 2, n = 13, P < 0.0024

psbA-trnH > rbcL

ITS

psbA-trnH

W + = 65, W - = 13, n = 12, P < 0.0414

ITS >psbA-trnH

psbA-trnH

matK

W + = 21, W - = 0, n = 6, P < 0.0277

psbA-trnH > matK

ITS2

rbcL

W + = 36, W - = 0, n = 8, P < 0.0117

ITS2 >rbcL

ITS2

ITS

W + = 355, W - = 23, n = 27, P < 6.6389 × 10-5

ITS2 > ITS

ITS2

matK

W + = 45, W - = 0, n = 9, P < 0.0076

ITS2>matK

ITS

rbcL

W + = 45, W - = 0, n = 9, P < 0.0076

ITS>rbcL

rbcL

matK

W + = 3, W - = 7, n = 4, P < 0.4615

rbcL = matK

ITS

matK

W + = 45, W - = 0, n = 9, P < 0.0075

ITS>matK