Evolutionary history of two cryptic species of northern African jerboas

Table 1 Average genetic divergence (Dxy) and net nucleotide divergence (Da) between J. jaculus and J. hirtipes, between J. jaculus-J. hirtipes and J. orientalis, and other related rodent species

Locus	J. jaculus/ J. hirtipes	J.orientalis/ J. jaculus	J.orientalis/ J. hirtipes	J.orientalis/ Jaculus spp.	Other rodents
Cytb
Dxy	10.00 (1.00)	12.00 (1.00)	12.00 (1.10)	12.00 (1.00)	12.50 (0.90)^b 7.80 (0.80)^c
Da	8.80 (0.90)	10.80 (1.00)	11.40 (1.00)	9.00 (0.80)	–
DBX5^a
Dxy	3.00 (0.90)	0.40 (0.30)	3.30 (1.00)	2.40 (0.70)	1.10 (0.60)^d
Da	3.00 (0.90)	0.30 (0.30)	3.30 (1.00)	1.70 (0.50)	–
ADRA2B
Dxy	0.50 (0.20)	1.10 (0.30)	0.70 (0.20)	0.80 (0.20)	2.70 (0.50)^e
Da	0.30 (0.20)	0.60 (0.20)	0.30 (0.20)	0.40 (0.20)	–
GHR
Dxy	0.20 (0.10)	0.80 (0.20)	0.60 (0.20)	0.70 (0.20)	0.40 (0.20)^f
Da	0.10 (0.10)	0.50 (0.20)	0.30 (0.20)	0.30 (0.20)	–
IRBP
Dxy	0.80 (0.20)	0.80 (0.20)	0.60 (0.20)	0.70 (0.20)	0.50 (0.20)^g
Da	0.40 (0.10)	0.60 (0.20)	0.40 (0.20)	0.40 (0.10)	–
ʋWF^a
Dxy	1.30 (0.30)	3.00 (0.50)	3.30 (0.50)	3.30 (0.50)	1.40 (0.30)^h
Da	0.80 (0.20)	2.60 (0.50)	2.80 (0.50)	2.60 (0.50)	–
Agouti
Dxy	1.90 (0.50)	1.60 (0.40)	1.60 (0.50)	1.80 (0.50)	0.70 (0.40)ⁱ
Da	0.90 (0.30)	1.30 (0.50)	1.20 (0.40)	1.00 (0.40)	–
MC1R
Dxy	0.80 (0.20)	1.30 (0.40)	1.60 (0.40)	1.50 (0.40)	0.90 (0.30)^j
Da	0.50 (0.20)	1.10 (0.30)	1.40 (0.40)	1.20 (0.30)	–

The standard errors (in parenthesis) are based on 10,000 bootstrap replicates of the p-parameter; all estimates are given as percentages
Dxy Average number of nucleotide substitutions per site between populations (average raw DNA divergence), Da Number of net nucleotide substitutions per site between populations (average net DNA divergence)
^aValues obtained after removing the regions with significant within-locus recombination
^bMicrotus arvalis (GQ352469) / Microtus agrestis (GQ352470) [28]
^cMicrotus arvalis (AY513809) / Microtus kirgisorum (AY513809) ([29, 30]; respectively)
^dMicrotus arvalis (JX284377) / Microtus agrestis (JX284376) [31]
^eAcomys russatus (FM162045) / Acomys cahirinus (FN984740) ([32, 33]; respectively)
^fAllactaga bullata (JQ347909) / Allactaga balikunica (KM397227) ([34, 35]; respectively)
^gAllactaga bullata (JQ347929) / Allactaga balikunica (KM397136) ([34, 35]; respectively)
^hMicrotus agrestis (FM200055) / Microtus socialis (FM162067) ([32, 36]; respectively)
ⁱPeromyscus polionotus (DQ482897) / Peromyscus maniculatus (DQ482892) [37]
^jPeromyscus polionotus (EU020068) / Peromyscus maniculatus (EU020066) [38]

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