Table 2 Comparison of tRNA genes in the two Bryopsis species, Tydemania expeditiones and two other species of Ulvophyceae ( Oltmannsiellopsis viridis and Pseudendoclonium akinetum )

trnA(agc)

1*

trnA(cgc)

1*

trnA(ugc)

1,1*

1

1

2

2

trnC(gca)

1,1*

1

1

1

1

trnD(guc)

1,1*

1

1

1

1

trnE(cuc)

1*

trnE(uuc)

1

1

1

1

1

trnF(gaa)

1,1*

1

1

1

1

trnG(gcc)

1,1*

1

1

1

1

trnG(ucc)

1,1*

2

1

1

1

trnH(gug)

1,1*

1

1

1

1

trnI(aau)

1*

trnI(cau)

1

1

1

1

trnI(gau)

1

1

1

2

2

trnK(cuu)

1*

trnK(uuu)

1

1

1

1

1

trnL(caa)

1*

1

1

trnL(uaa)

1

1

1

1

1

trnL(uag)

1

1

1

1

1

trnL(gag)

1

trnM(cau)^a

1*

trnMe(cau)

1

1

1

1

1

trnMf(cau)

1

1

1

1

1

trnN(guu)

1,1*

1

1

1

1

trnP(agg)

1*

trnP(ugg)

1,1*

1

1

1

1

trnQ(cug)

1*

trnQ(uug)

1

1

1

1

1

trnR(acg)

1,1*

1

1

1

1

trnR(ucg)

1*

trnR(ccu)

1*

1

1

trnR(ucu)

1

1

1

1

1

trnS(gcu)

1,1*

1

1

1

1

trnS(uga)

1

1

1

1

1

trnT(agu)

1*

trnT(ugu)

1

1

1

1

1

trnV(acc)

1*

trnV(cac)

1*

trnV(uac)

1

1

1

1

1

trnW(cca)

1,1*

1

1

1

1

trnY(gua)

1,1*

1

1

1

1

Total

53

27

28

27

27

Unique

40

26

28

27

27