Table 5.
Genetic and epigenetic variability within diploid and tetraploid Limonium species
| Primer |
Ploidy level: Diploid/Tetraploid |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| %PL | Sh I | He | ||||||||
|
E1/H1 |
Genetic |
74.45/52.93% |
0.183/0.116 |
0.106/0.066 |
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|
Epigenetic |
82.23/58.79/% |
0.204/0.098 |
0.118/0.110 |
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|
E1/H1 |
Genetic |
63.32/31.21% |
0.104/0.062 |
0.054/0.035 |
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|
Epigenetic |
69.67/42.89% |
0.128/0.098 |
0.071/0.058 |
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|
Average |
Genetic |
68.88/42.072% |
0.143/0.089 |
0.095/0.084 |
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|
Epigenetic |
75.95/50.84% |
0.166/0.139 |
0.095/0.084 |
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|
Primer |
L. nydeggeri
|
L. ovalifolium
|
L. lanceolatum
|
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|
%PL |
Sh I |
He |
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|
E1/H1 |
Genetic |
90.29% |
0.191 |
0.107 |
51.71% |
0.132 |
0.073 |
80.29% |
0.222 |
0.127 |
|
Epigenetic |
90.29% |
0.194 |
0.112 |
61.14% |
0.188 |
0.113 |
64.86% |
0.194 |
0.118 |
|
|
E1/H3 |
Genetic |
85.25% |
0.103 |
0.052 |
34.63% |
0.075 |
0.040 |
65.16% |
0.124 |
0.064 |
|
Epigenetic |
85.66% |
0.130 |
0.071 |
48.16% |
0.119 |
0.066 |
59.43% |
0.132 |
0.074 |
|
|
Average |
Genetic |
87.77% |
0.147 |
0.079 |
43.17% |
0.103 |
0.056 |
72.72% |
0.173 |
0.095 |
|
Epigenetic |
87.97% |
0.162 |
0.092 |
54.65% |
0.154 |
0.090 |
62.14% |
0.163 |
0.096 |
|
|
Primer |
L. multiflorum
|
L. dodartii
|
L. vulgare
|
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|
%PL |
Sh I |
He |
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|
E1/H1 |
Genetic |
76.86% |
0.186 |
0.110 |
47.14% |
0.130 |
0.075 |
35.14% |
0.089 |
0.051 |
|
Epigenetic |
66.29% |
0.119 |
0.067 |
42.86% |
0.186 |
0.120 |
38.29% |
0.131 |
0.082 |
|
|
E1/H3 |
Genetic |
65.57% |
0.094 |
0.051 |
22.95% |
0.060 |
0.034 |
20.90% |
0.048 |
0.027 |
|
Epigenetic |
49.18% |
0.077 |
0.043 |
27.05% |
0.104 |
0.067 |
32.99% |
0.092 |
0.056 |
|
| Average |
Genetic |
71.22% |
0.140 |
0.081 |
35.05% |
0.095 |
0.055 |
28.02% |
0.069 |
0.039 |
| Epigenetic | 57.73% | 0.098 | 0.055 | 34.95% | 0.0145 | 0.093 | 35.64% | 0.112 | 0.69 | |
Calculated Percentage of Polymorphic Loci (%PL), Shannon diversity index (ShI) and Expected Variability (He) – 2*p*q) for diploid (L. lanceolatum, L. nydeggeri, L. ovalifolium) and tetraploid (L. dodartii, L. multiflorum and L. vulgare) species. All values obtained using GenAlex (v.6.4).