Genome-wide investigation reveals high evolutionary rates in annual model plants

BMC Plant Biology

Table 3 Correlations between annual-perennial evolutionary rates

Nuclear Housekeeping Genes (85 Loci)
Comparison Pair	d		d_N		d_S
	R²	Slope	R²	Slope	R²	Slope
*At vs. Vv*	0.023	0.518	0.280	0.728	0.007	0.441
*At vs. Pt*	0.008	0.597	0.375	0.855	0.005	0.493
*Mt vs. Vv*	0.251	0.725	0.350	0.707	0.261	0.703
*Mt vs. Pt*	0.404	0.852	0.365	0.825	0.501	0.849
Non-Housekeeping Gene Families (111 Clades)
Comparison Pair	d		d _N		d _S
	R ²	Slope	R ²	Slope	R ²	Slope
*At vs. Vv*	0.075	0.588	0.548	0.842	0.008	0.505
*At vs. Pt*	0.108	0.657	0.593	0.892	0.051	0.572
*Mt vs. Vv*	0.458	0.732	0.442	0.697	0.366	0.738
*Mt vs. Pt*	0.572	0.838	0.442	0.743	0.449	0.859
Chloroplast Genes (34 Loci)
Comparison Pair	d		d _N		d _S
	R ²	Slope	R ²	Slope	R ²	Slope
*At vs. Vv*	0.482	0.546	0.593	0.668	0.254	0.474
*At vs. Pt*	0.497	0.730	0.721	0.862	0.196	0.632
*Mt vs. Vv*	0.358	0.451	0.297	0.541	0.143	0.427
*Mt vs. Pt*	0.531	0.627	0.398	0.681	0.292	0.604

The square of correlation coefficient (R²) and the slope of regression line of evolutionary rate in annuals against that in perennials are listed in the table.

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