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Table 1 Diversity measures for matK, rpoC1, rpoB, and trnH-psbA, given separately for the seven genera (n is the number of sampled individuals)

From: Evolutionary histories determine DNA barcoding success in vascular plants: seven case studies using intraspecific broad sampling of closely related species

  

matK

rpoC1

rpoB

trnH-psbA

Acer (n = 103)

Aligned length (bp)

849

508

349

512

 

Sequencing success (%)

95.1

100

100

100

 

Conserved sites (%)

98

99.2

99.1

93.8

 

Parsimony informative sites (%)

1.3

0.8

0.9

3.7

Salix (n = 69)

Aligned length (bp)

855

508

349

325

 

Sequencing success (%)

100

100

100

100

 

Conserved sites (%)

96.4

100

99.7

91.4

 

Parsimony informative sites (%)

0

0

0.3

0.9

Adenostyles (n = 37)

Aligned length (bp)

798

508

349

508

 

Sequencing success (%)

100

100

100

100

 

Conserved sites (%)

98.2

99.8

100

99

 

Parsimony informative sites (%)

0.1

0.2

0

0.8

Gentiana (n = 135)

Aligned length (bp)

761

508

349

460

 

Sequencing success (%)

98.5

99.3

99.3

100

 

Conserved sites (%)

92.6

96.7

98.3

80

 

Parsimony informative sites (%)

6.6

1.6

1.7

19.6

Lonicera (n = 67)

Aligned length (bp)

1190

508

340

525

 

Sequencing success (%)

85.1

100

100

100

 

Conserved sites (%)

96.7

99.8

98.8

97.1

 

Parsimony informative sites (%)

1.7

0.2

1.2

2.7

Geranium (n = 16)

Aligned length (bp)

769

508

349

356

 

Sequencing success (%)

87.5

100

100

100

 

Conserved sites (%)

94.1

96.7

99.4

89

 

Parsimony informative sites (%)

5.6

1.6

0

2.5

Veronica (n = 58)

Aligned length (bp)

1228

508

349

393

 

Sequencing success (%)

58.6

100

100

100

 

Conserved sites (%)

91.5

94.5

94.3

81.7

 

Parsimony informative sites (%)

5.7

5.3

5.2

15.5

  1. Total aligned sequence length (bp), percentage of individuals successfully amplified and sequenced, percentage of conserved and parsimony informative characters in the aligned sequences