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Table 2 Sequence characters of the analyzed cpDNA non-coding regions

From: Nuclear and plastid haplotypes suggest rapid diploid and polyploid speciation in the N Hemisphere Achillea millefoliumcomplex (Asteraceae)

 

trnH-psbA

trnC-ycf6(incl. partial ycf6-psbM)

rpL16(for diploid taxa only)

All three fragments combined for diploid taxa only

trnH-psbAand trnC-ycf6combined for all taxa

Length

424-445 bp

537-564 bp

849-876 bp

1814-1842 bp

960-989 bp

Number of haplotypes

13

18

8

13

26

Number of variable sites

11

18

9

26

29

Number of indels (length in base pairs) *

3 (5; 1; 21)

5 (1; 6; 1; 21)

4 (5; 5; 1; 22)

8 (1; 6; 5; 1; 5; 5; 1; 22)

8 (1; 6; 1; 6; 21; 5; 1; 21)

  1. * Indels were coded as binary characters (0/1 = A/C) using software GapCoder [37]