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Table 2 Minimum Age Estimates for rbcS 5'-NCS Blocks

From: Evolutionary hierarchies of conserved blocks in 5'-noncoding sequences of dicot rbcS genes

Blocks

Occurrence

Minimum age (106 years)

Calibration events

04, 07, 09, 14, 15, 16, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 36

Solanaceae

18–23

Duplication of ancestral rbcS loci [62]; divergence of Petunia clade [51]

19, 26, 27

Pisum &Medicago

24

Pisum-Medicago divergence [91]

01

Brassicaceae

24

Arabidopsis-Brassica divergence [92]

02, 03, 05, 13, 18, 32

Brassicaceae

48

Duplication of ancestral ats loci [58]

21, 33

Fabaceae

54

Divergence of Phaseolus clade [91]

02, 12, 24, 35

Brassicaceae, Fabaceae

105

Divergence of eurosids I & II [51]

06, 08, 10, 11, 17, 20, 23, 29, 30

Brassicaceae and/or Fabaceae, Solanaceae

125

Divergence of rosids & asterids [51]