Table 3. GenBank BLASTn results of trnH-psbA and rbcL-a as a barcode tested singly and as a pair.
BLAST Results | ||
Locus | Percentage of single matches to species-level (number of single matches; mean # of sequences/genus; standard deviation) | Percentage of single matches to genus/family-level (number of single matches; mean #of sequences/genus; standard deviation) |
rbcL -a | 76.3% (45; 8.2; 13.6) | 23.7% (14; 12.8; 13.8) |
trnH-psbA | 83.0% (49; 19.1; 17.9) | 17.0% (10; 19.8; 12.1) |
rbcL -a+ trnH-psbA | 95.0% (56; n/a; n/a) | 5.0% (3; n/a; n/a) |
59 genera, which had sequences available for both loci, were included in the test.