Table 9 Goodness-of-fit to Hardy–Weinberg equilibria (H0) of A locus genotypes in polymorphic populations of D. chrysippus

From: Incomplete sexual isolation in sympatry between subspecies of the butterfly Danaus chrysippus (L.) and the creation of a hybrid zone

Site

Date

Stage collected

Frequency (q) of a allele

Fit of observed genotype frequencies a to HWE

    

AA

Aa

aa

N

χ12

Athi River

01.86

Egg

0.535

2

49

6

57

32.00***

Athi River

01.94/95

Adult

0.107

88

20

2

110

0.02 NS

Athi River

02.89

Egg

0.372

56

77

6

139

30.49***

Athi River

04.94

Adult

0.187

144

74

5

223

1.85 NS

Athi River

05.87

Egg

0.224

106

53

12

171

2.30 NS

Athi River

07–08.87

Egg

0.309

19

14

5

38

0.14 NS

Athi River

07.86

Egg

0.444

4

12

2

18

2.57 NS

Athi River

11.86

Egg

0.089

52

9

1

62

0.03 NS

Kampala

12.91

Adult

0.707

4

115

92

211

21.69***

Lake Edward

09.93

Adult

0.536

21

48

28

97

12.34**

Dar es Salaam

01.74–12.75

Adult

0.067

3450

402

55

3907

92.88***

Salalah

10.98

Adult

0.028

86

3

1

90

0.20 NS

  1. Notation: as Table 8.
  2. **P<0.01;
  3. ***P<0.001.
  4. Observed frequencies are corrected for penetrance of the a allele in the Aa genotype. Genotype numbers in bold and italic type are, respectively, significantly above or below HWE expectation.