Table III. Relative contributions of three duplication types in producing new NBS genes during the evolution of three legume species.
| Different Types of Duplication | M. truncatula | Common Bean | Soybean | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nTNL | TNL | nTNL | TNL | nTNL | TNL | |
| Total No. of new duplicated genes | 161 | 165 | 157 | 47 | 148 | 65 |
| Local tandem duplication | 128 (80%) | 130 (79%) | 134 (85%) | 43 (91%) | 111 (75%) | 52 (80%) |
| Ectopic duplication | 33 (20%) | 35 (21%) | 15 (10%) | 2 (4%) | 20 (14%) | 5 (8%) |
| Segmental duplication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2%) | 14 (9%) | 7 (11%) |
| Unanchored genes | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 |