Genetic diversity and structure of Capsicum annuum as revealed by start codon targeted and directed amplified minisatellite DNA markers

Table 3 Genetic diversity and differentiation in the accessions of Capsicum annuum using start codon targeted

Pepper Accession	Ht	Hs	G_ST	Nm
CrPe-1	0.4146	0.3840	0.0738	6.2791
CrPe-2	0.4999	0.4907	0.0185	26.5385
CrPe-3	0.4530	0.4089	0.0973	4.6371
CrPe-4	0.0263	0.0249	0.0541	8.7500
CrPe-5	0.4352	0.4124	0.0523	9.0625
CrPe-6	0.4743	0.4409	0.0705	6.5957
CrPe-7	0.4252	0.4018	0.0552	8.5606
CrPe-8	0.4800	0.4196	0.1259	3.4706
Sub-mean	0.4011	0.3729	0.0685	9.2368
EbPe-1	0.4800	0.4338	0.0963	4.6923
EbPe-2	0.3911	0.2916	0.2545	1.4643
EbPe-3	0.3911	0.3520	0.1000	4.5000
EbPe-4	0.1692	0.0996	0.4118	0.7143
EbPe-5	0.4352	0.3804	0.1258	3.4740
EbPe-6	0.4252	0.3698	0.1304	3.3333
EbPe-7	0.4032	0.3129	0.2240	1.7323
Sub-mean	0.3850	0.3200	0.1918	2.8444
Overall mean	0.3936	0.3482	0.1153	3.8375
St. Dev	0.0163	0.0161

Ht total gene diversity, Hs gene diversity within population, G_ST coefficient of gene differentiation and Nm estimate of gene flow from G_ST or Gcs. E.g., Nm = 0.5(1 - G_ST)/G_ST, CrPe population of pepper from Cross River State and EbPe from Ebonyi State

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