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. 2013 Dec 6;13:205. doi: 10.1186/1471-2229-13-205

Table 5.

Genetic and epigenetic variability within diploid and tetraploid Limonium species

Primer Ploidy level: Diploid/Tetraploid
%PL Sh I He
E1/H1
Genetic
74.45/52.93%
0.183/0.116
0.106/0.066
Epigenetic
82.23/58.79/%
0.204/0.098
0.118/0.110
E1/H1
Genetic
63.32/31.21%
0.104/0.062
0.054/0.035
Epigenetic
69.67/42.89%
0.128/0.098
0.071/0.058
Average
Genetic
68.88/42.072%
0.143/0.089
0.095/0.084
Epigenetic
75.95/50.84%
0.166/0.139
0.095/0.084
Primer
L. nydeggeri
L. ovalifolium
L. lanceolatum
%PL
Sh I
He
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
%PL
Sh I
He
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).