No major variation was observed among biological replicates of each variety as most of the features were falling along the diagonal.
Among biological replicates of each cultivar under MV or mock treatment, nearly all of the probe sets fell along the diagonal, which indicated that no major variation was observed.
These two metrics allow us to capture major axes of environmental color variation observed in our study sites (Fig. 2).
Therefore, the small but significant expression difference detected between the expressed genes that are strongly bound and weakly bound by the MSL complex did not have any major correlation on the sequence variation observed between the two groups.
Because of their copy-and-paste transposition mechanism, retrotransposons can significantly contribute to an increase in genome size and, along with polyploidy, are considered major players in genome size variation observed in flowering plants [ 11- 13].
While extrinsic effects may explain the evolution of similar phenotypes among the islands, they are unlikely to account for the different levels of morphological variation observed among the major lineages.
However, mislabeling, pollen contamination and seed admixture are some of the other major reasons that might have contributed for the variation observed under the farmers' field.
Although mitochondria have a single origin there is variation observed between different mitochondria present in the major branches of life [ 10].
A recent study of variation at the Mhc (major histocompatibility) locus also suggested that the high level of variation observed at this locus is best explained by continued backcrossing between dogs and wolves subsequent to domestication [ 16].
