Research Article

Phylogenetic Information Content of Copepoda Ribosomal DNA Repeat Units: ITS1 and ITS2 Impact

Table 3

Pairwise uncorrected genetic distance among 12 Cyclopidae sequences based on comparison of concatenated ITS1/ITS2 rRNA sequences.

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1Cyclops kolensis
2Cyclops strenuus 0.006
3Cyclops insignis Moscow0.0540.048
4C. insignis Borok0.0480.0420.006
5Diacyclops bicuspidatus 0.2500.2440.2320.232
6Thermocyclops oithonoides 0.3330.3300.3300.3300.313
7Thermocyclops crassus 0.3010.2980.2950.2950.2620.188
8Mesocyclops leuckarti0.3240.3210.3100.3100.2860.2800.241
9Macrocyclops distinctus * 0.4140.4110.4080.4050.3930.4290.4080.369*
10Macrocyclops albidus 0.3930.3900.3810.3780.3570.3690.3660.3360.321
11Megacyclops viridis Borok1*0.3810.3840.3960.3900.3870.3870.3870.390*0.4550.438
12M. viridis Borok2*0.3750.3780.3840.3780.3630.3660.3570.381*0.4380.4290.149

All positions containing gaps and missing data were eliminated (complete deletion option). Final datasets, 336 positions for concatenated ITS1/ITS2. The names of the three taxa most evolutionarily distant from Mesocyclops and the values of the corresponding genetic distances are shown with asterisk.