Table 1

Average pairwise percent of polymorphic markers between accessions belonging to the five rice subpopulations. The percent of polymorphic markers is calculated using four accessions per sub-population.

Cross
Mean Polymorphism

Temperate Japonica X Temperate Japonica
10.4%
Temperate Japonica X Tropical Japonica
20.1%
Temperate Japonica X Aromatic
24.7%
Temperate Japonica X Aus
37.1%
Temperate Japonica X Indica
46.8%
Tropical Japonica X Tropical Japonica
16.3%
Tropical Japonica X Aromatic
23.3%
Tropical Japonica X Aus
31.8%
Tropical Japonica X Indica
40.2%
Aromatic X Aromatic
18.0%
Aromatic X Aus
29.8%
Aromatic X Indica
38.8%
Aus X Aus
18.0%
Aus X Indica
27.1%
Indica X Indica
25.6%

Edwards et al. Plant Methods 2008 4:13   doi:10.1186/1746-4811-4-13