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Table 2 Statistics relating to the different alignments used in this study

From: 18S rRNA variability maps reveal three highly divergent, conserved motifs within Rotifera

Data set

Aligned length

Percentage of gaps

Bdelloidea

1837

3.8% (2204 of 58,247 cells)

Monogononta

1868

3.2% (9077 / 286,203)

Rotifera

2021

10.8% (40,501 / 375,458)

Rotifera plus the outgroup Calicophoron calicophorum

2175

17.3% (70,540 / 407,479)

  1. The percentage of gaps is corrected to ignore terminal gaps so as to better reflect the contribution of indels over potentially incomplete sequences