Table 3.

Ratio of Nonsynonymous to Synonymous Nucleotide Substitutions (KA:KS) in Different Regions of Plant RGenes

Species Genes NBS region LRR: intervening LRR: xx(a)x(a)xx
Lettuce RGC2family0.370.63[i] 2.06[i]
Tomato I2C-1vs I2C-2 0.470.581.17
Tomato Micopy 1 vs copy 20.430.761.93
Flax L6 vsM 0.440.831.57
Tomato Cf4/Cf9homologs0.59[ii] 1.32[ii]
Rice Xa21 copies B, D, F 0.522.11

[i] For the 3′ LRR region.

[ii] For the 5′ LRR region (Parniske et al. 1997).