Table 2

Minimum Age Estimates for rbcS 5'-NCS Blocks

Blocks

Occurrence

Minimum age (106 years)

Calibration events


04, 07, 09, 14, 15, 16, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 36

Solanaceae

18–23

Duplication of ancestral rbcS loci [62]; divergence of Petunia clade [51]

19, 26, 27

Pisum &Medicago

24

Pisum-Medicago divergence [91]

01

Brassicaceae

24

Arabidopsis-Brassica divergence [92]

02, 03, 05, 13, 18, 32

Brassicaceae

48

Duplication of ancestral ats loci [58]

21, 33

Fabaceae

54

Divergence of Phaseolus clade [91]

02, 12, 24, 35

Brassicaceae, Fabaceae

105

Divergence of eurosids I & II [51]

06, 08, 10, 11, 17, 20, 23, 29, 30

Brassicaceae and/or Fabaceae, Solanaceae

125

Divergence of rosids & asterids [51]


Weeks et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007 7:51   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-51

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