At lower levels of divergence (≥ 97% identity), only 13% of genes were identified as diverged.
Divergent validity was also examined and results indicate acceptable levels of divergence between UAI, UMAT and the interview.
Levels of divergence at these loci exceed observed levels of divergence observed at a mitochondrial gene region at Easter Island.
Hybrids between species with lower levels of divergence developed to metamorphosis, while hybrids with higher levels of divergence stopped developing in gastrula and larval stages.
Similarly, loop sequences showed different levels of divergence between various miRNA genes (Figure S1).
Data indicate high levels of divergence across the country and within any one city.
Different levels of divergence pattern also were detected in mammalian-specific miRNAs.
Ten strains were found to have unusually high levels of divergence compared to the rest of the genus.
However, it could be that in the case of high levels of divergence (i.e. inter-subtype) these conserved epitopes would be lost.
We found that the strength of intrinsic postzygotic isolation increases with genetic divergence, but relatively high levels of divergence are necessary before reproductive isolation is complete in toads.
As expected, the nuclear fragment showed much lower levels of divergence due to the lower evolutionary rate of nuclear coding regions relative to mtDNA.
