Balancing selection on an MYB transcription factor maintains the twig trichome color variation in Melastoma normale

Table 1 Signatures of balancing selection in myb114 in three populations of Melastoma normale. This is detected for the myb114 gene relative to the whole genome using the β⁽²⁾ and NCD2 scores. N in the third and fourth columns refers to the number of SNPs used in the comparison. SE refers to standard error. One-sided Wilcoxon rank sum tests were performed in the R package

Quantity tested	Population	SNPs of myb114 mean ± SE (N)	SNPs of the whole genome mean ± SE (N)	P value
β⁽²⁾ score	Dishuiyan	16.41 ± 1.70 (29)	6.55 ± 0.0050 (2105786)	1.15E−07
	Maofengshan	12.03 ± 0.69 (47)	6.53 ± 0.0043 (2580849)	1.08E−11
	Jianshan	24.98 ± 1.46 (26)	7.72 ± 0.0071 (2213379)	2.09E−12
NCD2 score	Dishuiyan	0.25 ± 0.0025 (29)	0.35 ± 0.000038 (2105786)	2.20E−16
	Maofengshan	0.33 ± 0.00082 (47)	0.36 ± 0.000029 (2580849)	1.33E−09
	Jianshan	0.20 ± 0.0066 (26)	0.35 ± 0.000046 (2213379)	2.20E−16

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