DNA sequence diversity and the origin of cultivated safflower (Carthamus tinctoriusL.; Asteraceae)

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Table 4 Estimates of nucleotide variability and Tajima's D.

Locus	Taxon	θ_W	π_Tot	π_Sil	Tajima's D^a
A19	C. tinctorius	0.0041	0.0046	0.0087	0.34
	C. palaestinus	0.0078	0.0095	0.0180	1.03
	C. oxyacanthus	0.0013	0.0016	0	0.85
A25	C. tinctorius	0.0071	0.0102	0.0109	1.44
	C. palaestinus	0.0059	0.0066	0.0089	0.52
	C. oxyacanthus	0.0047	0.0036	0.0036	-1.30
A27	C. tinctorius	0.0023	0.0014	0.0006	-0.95
	C. palaestinus	0	0	0	n/a
	C. oxyacanthus	0.0063	0.0077	0.0087	1.22
A39	C. tinctorius	0	0	0	n/a
	C. palaestinus	0.0012	0.0008	0.0010	-1.05
	C. oxyacanthus	0.0070	0.0057	0.0084	-1.07
B7	C. tinctorius	0.0016	0.0010	0.0009	-0.84
	C. palaestinus	0.0054	0.0071	0.0112	1.43
	C. oxyacanthus	0.0012	0.0014	0.0025	0.85
B12	C. tinctorius	0.0062	0.0102	0.0175	2.20
	C. palaestinus	0.0067	0.0075	0.0129	0.53
	C. oxyacanthus	0.0277	0.0354	0.0601	1.76
B27	C. tinctorius	0.0020	0.0013	0.0014	-1.04
	C. palaestinus	0.0035	0.0044	0.0048	1.18
	C. oxyacanthus	0.0229	0.0184	0.0202	-1.42
Average	C. tinctorius	0.0033	0.0041	0.0057	0.19
	C. palaestinus	0.0044	0.0051	0.0081	0.61
	C. oxyacanthus	0.0101	0.0105	0.0148	0.13

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