Table 2.
Information about EIN3/EIL gene pairs with potential direct evolutionary relationships
| Clade | EIN3/EIL genes in diploid progenitors | EIN3/EIL genes in allotetraploid B. napus | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene name | The number of exons | Gene name | The number of exons | |
| A1 sub-clade | BoEIL1 | 1 | BnAEIL1b | 1 |
| B3 sub-clade | BrEIL3a | 2 | BnAEIL3a | 2 |
| BoEIL3a | 2 | BnCEIL3b | 2 | |
| BrEIL3c | 1 | BnAEIL3d | 3 | |
| BoEIL3b | 1 | BnCEIL3c | 3 | |
| C1 sub-clade | BrEIL2 | 1 | BnAEIL2a | 2 |
| BoEIL2b | 1 | BnCEIL2b | 3 | |
| C3 sub-clade | BrEIL4a | 1 | BnAEIL4b | 1 |
| BoEIL4a | 1 | BnCEIL4a | 1 | |
| BrEIL4b | 2 | BnAEIL4d | 2 | |
| BoEIL4b | 2 | BnCEIL4c | 2 | |