Early consequences of allopolyploidy alter floral evolution in Nicotiana (Solanaceae)

BMC Plant Biology

Table 3 Moore-Rayleigh test results (** denotes significance: ɑ = 0.05 after Bonferroni correction is 0.0036)

Trait	Group	Extant/Reconstructed	N	R*	P-value
Shape	All diploids	–	58	0.0237	p < 0.999
Shape	All polyploids	Extant	20	0.433	p < 0.90
Shape	Young polyploids	Extant	13	1.27	p < 0.01
Shape	Old polyploids	Extant	7	1.20	p < 0.025
Shape	All polyploids	Reconstructed	20	0.314	p < 0.90
Shape	Young polyploids	Reconstructed	13	1.19	p < 0.025
Shape	Old polyploids	Reconstructed	7	1.28	p < 0.01
Length/Width	All diploids	–	58	0.365	p < 0.90
Length/Width	All polyploids	Extant	20	1.57	p < 0.001**
Length/Width	Young polyploids	Extant	13	1.65	p < 0.001**
Length/Width	Old polyploids	Extant	7	0.437	p < 0.90
Length/Width	All polyploids	Reconstructed	20	1.01	p < 0.10
Length/Width	Young polyploids	Reconstructed	13	1.64	p < 0.001**
Length/Width	Old polyploids	Reconstructed	7	0.234	p < 0.90

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