Table 1. Sampled loci in plastid genomes of Atropa belladonna and Nicotiana tabacum that were found to have base-pair sequence divergences ≥2%.
| Locus | Sequence length, bp (Atropa/Nicotiana) | Indels for pairwise alignment | Percent sequence divergence between Atropa and Nicotiana |
|---|---|---|---|
| trnK-rps16 (B) | 707/685 | 6 | 4.1 |
| trnH-psbA (A) | 412/453 | 8 | 3.9 |
| rpl36-rps8 (I) | 451/426 | 4 | 3.0 |
| atpB-rbcL (H) | 815/818 | 1 | 2.8 |
| ycf6-psbM (D) | 1,091/1,135 | 9 | 2.8 |
| trnV-atpE (G) | 494/485 | 2 | 2.6 |
| trnC-ycf6 (C) | 681/670 | 4 | 2.4 |
| psbM-trnD (E) | 1,099/1,081 | 10 | 2.4 |
| trnL-F (F) | 363/357 | 2 | 2.2 |
| rbcL | 1,434/1,434 (including stop codon) | 0 | 0.83 |
| ITS | 622/628 | 7 | 13.6 |
Values for the rbcL locus and ITS region are provided for comparison. Letters in parentheses correspond to plastid regions in Fig. 1C.