Table 1 Genetic diversity estimates for H. niloticus from five localities in Nigeria and Benin.

From: Genetic identification and diversity of stocks of the African bonytongue, Heterotis niloticus (Osteoglossiformes: Arapaiminae), in Nigeria, West Africa

Locality

N

NA

NP

Na

Ne

I

Ho

He

uHe

F

Kainji

23

75

21

8.33

4.56

1.60

0.73

0.70

0.72

− 0.03

Ethiope River

19

44

2

4.89

2.58

1.01

0.50

0.50

0.51

− 0.01

Igbokoda

15

51

4

5.67

2.55

1.11

0.47

0.54

0.56

0.18

Epe Lagoon

20

46

3

5.11

2.65

0.97

0.44

0.47

0.48

0.06

Porto Novo

6

32

3

3.56

2.49

0.93

0.57

0.49

0.53

− 0.16

  1. N, number of individuals; NA, number of alleles; NP, number of private alleles; Na, average number of alleles per locus; Ne, average number of effective alleles per locus; I, Shannon’s information index; Ho, mean observed heterozygosity; He, mean expected heterozygosity; uHe, mean unbiased expected heterozygosity; F, inbreeding coefficient (fixation index).
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