Table 2 Ks values and estimated divergence time of 10 Araliaceae species.

From: Evolution of the Araliaceae family inferred from complete chloroplast genomes and 45S nrDNAs of 10 Panax-related species

Species

Divergence time (MYA)b

PG

PQ

PJ

PV

PN

AU

AE

Esen

ES

DM

Average Ks a

PG

 

0.72

3.41

3.30

3.05

8.41

8.28

8.70

9.37

8.27

PQ

0.0014

 

3.30

3.18

2.93

8.28

8.15

8.57

9.32

8.06

PJ

0.0068

0.0066

 

1.69

3.15

8.85

8.72

9.20

9.95

8.72

PV

0.0066

0.0064

0.0034

 

3.01

8.62

8.53

8.98

9.74

8.48

PN

0.0061

0.0059

0.0063

0.0060

 

8.46

8.26

8.82

9.58

8.38

AU

0.0168

0.0166

0.0177

0.0172

0.0169

 

3.20

8.33

9.13

8.11

AE

0.0166

0.0163

0.0174

0.0171

0.0165

0.0064

 

8.30

9.09

7.96

ESen

0.0174

0.0171

0.0184

0.0180

0.0176

0.0167

0.0166

 

2.98

4.10

ES

0.0187

0.0186

0.0199

0.0195

0.0192

0.0183

0.0182

0.0060

 

4.85

DM

0.0165

0.0161

0.0174

0.0170

0.0168

0.0162

0.0159

0.0082

0.0097

 
  1. aAverage Ks values between common cp protein coding genes of each species calculated using KaKs calculator program. bDivergence time was estimated by Ks/2λ, where λ = 1.0 × 10−9. PG to DM indicate abbreviated species name (Table 1).
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