Table 1 Evaluation of the three DNA barcode regions used for Garcinia species.
From: Authentication of Garcinia fruits and food supplements using DNA barcoding and NMR spectroscopy
DNA regions | Reference PCR success (%) | Aligned sequence (bp) | Intraspecific distance (mean ± SD) | Interspecific distance (mean ± SD) | p-value | Parsimony-informative sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ITS | 100 | 581 | 0.037 ± 0.010 | 0.153 ± 0.085 | <0.01 | 278 |
psbA-trnH | 79 | 493 | 0.037 ± 0.010 | 0.129 ± 0.044 | <0.01 | 198 |
rbcL | 93 | 710 | 0.011 ± 0.005 | 0.023 ± 0.007 | <0.01 | 70 |