Table 1 Nucleotide diversity and neutrality test of ZmFKF1s in maize and teosinte

From: Evolutionary conservation and functional divergence of the LFK gene family play important roles in the photoperiodic flowering pathway of land plants

Gene

Taxon

N a

Region

Size(bp)b

π ( × 10 −3)

θ ( × 10 −3)

K

Tajima’s D

D '

F '

ZmFKF1a

Maize

87

5′-UTR

276

6.85

8.63

1.889

−0.56

−0.97

−0.9

   

Exon1

226

5.20

7.03

1.175

−0.64

−2.68*

−2.35*

   

Intron

1492

15.26

23.28

22.77

−1.17

−1.89

−1.90

   

Exon2

1592

5.91

4.99

9.41

0.59

0.26

0.46

   

3′-UTR

351

8.97

17.53

3.15

−1.52

−2.42*

−2.48*

   

Total

3940

9.73

13.30

38.32

−0.92

−1.81

−1.72

ZmFKF1b

Maize

87

5′-UTR

116

6.99

15.40

0.81

−1.39

−3.81**

−3.53**

   

Exon1

181

10.53

36.19

1.91

−2.21**

−6.35**

−5.68**

   

Intron

690

11.38

24.17

7.85

−1.75

−6.59**

−5.52**

   

Exon2

1583

6.45

23.33

10.21

−2.46**

−8.08**

−6.85**

   

3’-UTR

382

14.21

23.91

5.43

−1.3

−5.42**

−4.54**

   

Total

2952

8.88

24.07

26.21

−2.16*

−7.83**

−6.49**

ZmFKF1b

Teosinte

33

5′-UTR

306

15.94

30.60

4.88

−1.73

−2.86*

−2.94*

   

Exon1

250

6.11

14.78

1.53

−1.94*

−2.92*

−3.07*

   

Intron

659

19.01

30.66

12.53

−1.42

−1.31

−1.60

   

Exon2

1591

7.86

19.82

12.50

−2.29**

−4.21**

−4.21**

   

3′-UTR

481

13.92

28.69

6.70

−1.90*

−1.94

−2.28

   

Total

3287

11.6

23.9

38.13

−1.97*

−3.01*

−3.15*

  1. π: Kimura’s nucleotide diversity per base pair estimated from the average heterozygosity per site
  2. θ: Watterson’s nucleotide diversity per base pair estimated from the number of segregating sites
  3. K: average number of nucleotide differences. Dʹ: Fu and Li’s D; Fʹ: Fu and Li’s F
  4. aThe number of analyzed maize and teosinte lines
  5. bThe total number of sites (excluding sites with gaps/missing data)
  6. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01