Table 2

Regions of selection in pairwise comparisons of maize CenpcA, Sorghum bicolor Cenpc, and sugarcane Cenpc1

Exons

Direction of selection

Maize vs. Sorghum

Maize vs. sugarcane

Sorghum vs. sugarcane

1

+

12-44

12-44

1-42

+

+ (0.17)

+ (0.04)

1-5

-

34-165

23-176

87-163

-

-

-

4-6

+

155-253

166-253

153-317

+

+

+

6

*

232-286

-

6

-

298-363

298-363

298-352

-

-

- (0.13)

6

+

353-409

342-407

397-431

+

+

+ (0.06)

6-12

-

410-621

397-630

432-579

-

-

-

12-14

*

611-687

609-685

591-700

+

+

-

+, K_a > K_s; -, K_a < K_s; p ≤ 0.01 except where given in parentheses. * Direction of selection varies with lineage. Regions of selection are identified by codon positions based on the sequence of maize CenpcA.

Talbert et al. Journal of Biology 2004 3:18   doi:10.1186/jbiol11