Three of the wild groups were genetically and geographically closely related to the O. sativa subpopulations, indica, aus and japonica, and carried O. sativa introgressions; the other three wild groups were genetically divergent, had unique chloroplast haplotypes, and were located at the geographical extremes of the species range.
However, they were sufficiently divergent, showing unique hybridization and a single BAC FISH signal.
Other strains from Brazil contained equally divergent but unique alleles that in some cases formed smaller groups (i.e., P1, P2, P4 and MG1, ER4).
Walleye populations from the unglaciated southern portion of the range (W Y) are the most divergent, possessing unique alleles and haplotypes.
This is the comparative method that underpins all biology, and it stands or falls on just how similar or different, or how well conserved or divergent and unique, the various species are.
Some AcNc2 regions (3 4% of the assembly) showed low or zero coverage by Ac2V and/or AcBoT reads, suggesting the presence of highly divergent or unique regions amongst the races.
Comparative analysis found conserved gene expression responses that exhibited lower efficacy, consistent with the weak agonist activity of TAM, as well as divergent responses unique to EE that partially explain the lack of TAM-induced water imbibition.
Additionally, C. owczarzaki has a MAGI homolog as previously stated [ 12], whereas M. brevicollis has two putative MAGI-like homologs, although with divergent and unique protein domain architecture (Additional file 1).
Recent studies demonstrating that phenotypic changes with adaptive significance can be caused by the action of individual genes provide an important rationale for the identification of genes that may be highly divergent or unique to a specific lineage or clade [eg, [ 4]].
Three of the wild groups were genetically and geographically closely related to the three major O. sativa subpopulations, indica, aus and japonica, while three other wild groups were genetically divergent, each with unique chloroplast haplotypes.
