Recent Duplications Dominate VQ and WRKY Gene Expansions in Six Prunus Species

Table 1

Gene numbers and average lengths of nucleotide coding sequences of VQ and WRKY genes identified in the six Prunus species.

Species	VQ genes		WRKY genes
	Gene number	Average length (bp)	Gene number	Average length (bp)
P. yedoensis	55	660.44	139	1217.68
P. domestica	70	581.96	262	1114.85
P. avium	25	730.92	53	1104.57
P. dulcis	23	663.26	56	1209.59
P. persica	26	731.42	58	1187.90
P. yedoensis var. nudiflora	23	617.22	77	1139.57
Total	222	3985.22	645	6974.16