Figure 7
Genomic position as a function of MS diversity. For all MS markers combined, the box plots compare the mean number (no) of alleles per locus (y-axis, blue), expected heterozygosity (He) (y-axis, red) and maximum repeat length (y-axis, green) across different genomic positions (x1°-axis), stratified API (x2°-axis). Character values (A and B) denote statistical significance between intergenic and intragenic locations, within each API category. For the both API strata, there were no significant differences among the mean no of alleles (panels i, ii) per locus or mean He(panels iii, iv) between intergenic and intragenic regions. In both API strata, API ≤0.05 (panel vi) and API >0.05 (panel v), the mean maximum repeat length did vary significantly between intergenic and intragenic, with intragenic loci having significantly higher numbers of repeats than intergenic regions (p <0.0001 and p = 0.0303 for API ≤0.05 and API >0.05, respectively, ANOVA).