Table 3 Observed (with 95% CI) and expected colony level F-statistics and nestmate relatedness (r) broken down by population and by family structure

From: The breeding system and population structure of the termite Reticulitermes grassei in Southwestern France

Breeding system

FIC

FIT

FCT

r

Observed

 Pop. A − Complex families (N=24)

0.019 (−0.016 to 0.054)

0.294 (0.180–0.408)

0.280 (0.183–0.377)

0.435 (0.321–0.549)

 Pop. B − Simple families (N=4)

−0.212 (−0.335 to −0.065)

0.330 (0.068–0.545)

0.450 (0.214–0.632)

0.688 (0.393–0.826)

 Pop. B − Complex families (N=11)

−0.038 (−0.115 to 0.036)

0.297 (0.191–0.375)

0.322 (0.262–0.369)

0.498 (0.434–0.544)

 Pop. C − Simple families (N=14)

−0.250 (−0.302 to −0.191)

0.080 (0.027–0.136)

0.264 (0.225–0.292)

0.490 (0.431–0.529)

 Pop. C − Complex families (N=18)

−0.113 (−0.167 to −0.042)

0.312 (0.238–0.394)

0.381 (0.326–0.441)

0.582 (0.519–0.638)

Expected

 a. Primaries, unrelated

−0.34

0.00

0.25

0.50

 b. Replacements, n=1, X=1

−0.14

0.33

0.42

0.62

 c. Replacements, n=1, X=3

−0.22

0.57

0.65

0.82

 d.Replacements, n=10, X=3

−0.02

0.37

0.38

0.56

 e.Replacements, n=100, X=3

−0.00

0.34

0.34

0.51

 f. Replacements, n=10, X=3, cooperatively founded by 3 alates

−0.03

0.27

0.29

0.45

 g.Mixing between related colonies, n=1, X=3, P=0.90

0.04

0.66

0.64

0.77

 h.Mixing between unrelated colonies, n=10, X=3, P=0.80

0.15

0.37

0.25

0.36

  1. For the simulated breeding systems, n represents the number of pairs of reproductives, X is the number of generations of inbreeding among replacement reproductives, and p represents the proportion of worker mixing between different colonies which have connected tunnel systems.