Exceptionally high rates of positive selection on the rbcL gene in the genus Ilex (Aquifoliaceae)

Table 6 Positively selected residues detected in Ilex (in both the Worldwide and Chinese datasets) also described in other lineages and associated with biological and environment traits

Residues	Ilex ^a	Literature^b	Biological and environmental traits	Authors
86^*	Q to E,G	H,D to E,G	Rubisco kinetics	[16]
86^*	Q to E,G	H to Y	Wet to dry environment	[28]
95^*	N to S	N,T to D,S	Leaf traits and climate characteristics	[24]
95^*	N to S	N.A.	Rubisco kinetics	[16]
142^*	P to T	P to I,T,V	Specificity O2/CO2	[16]
	P to T	P to T	C3 to C4 plants	[50]
	P to T	P to A,T	C4 to C4 plants	[50]
	P to T	N.A.	C3 to C4 plants	[7]
219^*	L to V	N.A.	Leaf traits and climate characteristics	[24]
225^*	L to I	I to L	Potamogeton submerged, floating and terrestrial leaves	[26]
230	A to T	A to T	Wet to dry environment	[28]
281^*	A to S	S to A	Potamogeton submerged, floating and terrestrial leaves	[26]
281^*	A to S	A to S	Rubisco kinetics	[16]
309^*	M to I	M to I	C3 to C4 plants	[27]
	M to I	M to I	Specificity O2/CO2	[15]
	M to I	M to I	C3 to C4 plants	[50]
	M to I	M to I	C4 to C4 plants	[50]
	M to I	N.A.	C3 to C4 plants	[7]
320	M to L	M to L	Rubisco kinetics	[16]
328^*	A to S,G	A to S	Rubisco kinetics	[16]
	A to S,G	A to S	C3 to C4 plants	[50]
	A to S,G	A to S	C4 to C4 plants	[50]
	A to S,G	N.A.	C3 to C4 plants	[7]
	A to S,G	N.A.	Leaf traits and climate characteristics	[24]

^*Ilex positively selected residues belonging to the 20-most often selected residues of Kapralov and Filatov [29]
^aAmino acid substitution in Ilex
^bAmino acid substitution in other lineages recorded in the literature

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