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Table 2 Mean corrected percent sequence divergences between Triops cancriformis clade/population comparisons and estimated divergence times based on corrected COI distance. Distances are given for the combined COI-ATPase fragment as well as separately for COI and ATPase sequences. Because no crustacean molecular clock calibration factors are available for ATPase we used the COI corrected distance for approximations of divergence times. For population codes see Table 1, for clade definition see Figure 2.

From: Recent evolution of alternative reproductive modes in the 'living fossil' Triops cancriformis

clade/population

Corrected % sequence divergence

Estimated divergence times (mya)

COI-ATP

ATP

COI

1.4% sequence divergence per mya

2.3% sequence divergence per mya

clade A vs. clade B

2.1590

3.4323

1.5865

1.1332

0.6809

clade A and B vs. C

13.5477

44.5345

10.985

7.8465

4.7146

ARE vs. YOI

9.7768

24.3929

7.9947

5.6762

3.4106

ARE&YOI vs. EXT

10.4396

31.5413

7.8278

5.5912

3.3595