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From: Genome size expansion and the relationship between nuclear DNA content and spore size in the Asplenium monanthes fern complex (Aspleniaceae)

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Regression analyses of 38 specimens showing the positive relationship between DNA amount and spore length for both (A) the raw data (p = 4.57x10-6, r2 = 0.542, slope = 10.986, 95% CI’s = 8.665-13.929), and (B) data from the phylogenetically independent contrasts analysis (Branch transformation of Grafen; SMA, p = 0.101) (see Table 3). DNA amount values were logged prior to analysis, and the values used for DNA amount were based on reproductive mode: i.e. 2C-values were used for apomictic taxa, and 1C-values were used for sexually reproducing taxa. Lines of best fit are indicated using LM (black line) and SMA (red line) models, and in B only, the SMA is forced through the origin. In plot A, open circles represent apomictic taxa, and filled black circles represent sexually reproducing taxa.

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