Table 2.

Previously unreported carrot anthocyanin genes

Gene	Reference sequence source	Carrot EST contig	Contig length (nt)	e-Value	BLASTN identities
PAL2	P. crispum	Contig21482	2,553	<1.00E-180	1,923/2,127 (90%)
PAL3	P. crispum	Contig28113	2,560	<1.00E-180	1,940/2,122 (91%)
CA4H	A. majus	Contig524	1,798	<1.00E-180	1,408/1,567 (89%)
4CL1	P. crispum	Contig8294	1,814	<1.00E-180	1,549/1,796 (87%)
4CL2	P. crispum	Contig52163	1,937	<1.00E-180	1,601/1,858 (87%)