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Table 3 Arabidopsis microsatellite genetic variation

From: Taming the wild: resolving the gene pools of non-model Arabidopsislineages

Taxon

Ploidy

Mating system

Individuals (populations)

No. of alleles

Mean no. of alleles per locus (SD)2

No. of unique alleles

No. of rare alleles (5%)

A. arenicola

Diploid

SC

19 (14)

17

1.04 (0.10)

-

-

A. lyrata subsp. lyrata

Diploid

SI/SC1

57 (29)

38

1.18 (0.16)

-

-

A. petraea susbp. umbrosa

Diploid

Unknown

25 (16)

29

1.20 (0.26)

-

2

A. petraea subsp. septentrionalis

Tetraploid

Unknown

8 (8)

36

1.63 (0.31)

2

2

A. lyrata subsp. petraea

Diploid

SI

187 (13)

89

1.46 (0.19)

10

13

A. lyrata subsp. petraea

Tetraploid

SI

25 (5)

57

1.93 (0.37)

-

-

A. arenosa subsp. arenosa

Tetraploid

SI

76 (13)

94

2.31 (0.33)

2

5

A. arenosa subsp. arenosa var. intermedia

Tetraploid

SI

14 (4)

44

2.19 (0.27)

-

-

A. arenosa subsp. borbasii

Tetraploid

SI

160 (22)

111

2.30 (0.33)

7

9

A. carpatica

Diploid

SI

113 (9)

104

1.59 (0.19)

6

10

A. petrogena subsp. petrogena

Diploid

SI

73 (7)

73

1.53 (0.20)

-

3

A. petrogena subsp. exoleta

Tetraploid

SI

56 (11)

83

2.22 (0.36)

1

5

A. neglecta subsp. neglecta

Diploid

SI

35 (5)

51

1.51 (0.21)

1

3

A. neglecta subsp. robusta

Tetraploid

SI

8 (1)

39

2.24 (0.23)

-

2

A. nitida

Diploid

SI

22 (4)

59

1.54 (0.22)

3

3

A. croatica

Diploid

SI

15 (3)

26

1.33 (0.19)

1

1

A. halleri subsp. dacica

Diploid

SI

3 (3)

15

1.53 (0.31)

-

-

A. halleri subsp. halleri

Diploid

SI

199 (19)

59

1.37 (0.19)

6

7

A. halleri subsp. ovirensis

Diploid

SI

24 (4)

18

1.31 (0.16)

1

1

A. halleri subsp. tatrica

Diploid

SI

25 (7)

40

1.37 (0.14)

-

1

A. halleri subsp. gemmifera

Diploid

SI

8 (5)

15

1.10 (0.15)

-

-

A. cebennensis

Diploid

SI

153 (11)

23

1.17 (0.14)

-

-

A. pedemontana

Diploid

SI

40 (9)

22

1.31 (0.18)

-

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  1. Summary table of analyzed individuals and populations of the various Arabidopsis taxa for microsatellite variation. Information on ploidy level, mating system variation (own data and literature survey) and some summary statistics are provided. SC: self-compatible, SI: self-incompatible.
  2. 1SC populations of North American A. lyrata subsp. lyrata are not considered here.
  3. 2Respectively two loci in tetraploids.