Table 1 Genetic variation among and within populations

From: Population structure and strong divergent selection shape phenotypic diversification in maize landraces

  

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Population differentiation a

   

Within villages

Among villages

Among populations

Ear traits

 Ear weight

(EW)

0.286

0.077

0.176

0.233

 Ear width

(EWi)

0.474

0.090

0.064

0.151

 Overall grain weight

(GW)

0.274

0.071

0.099

0.159

 Number of grain per ear

(NG)

0.326

0.055

0.198

0.221

 Row number

(RN)

0.438

0.074

0.276

0.316

 Number of grain per row

(NGR)

0.286

0.031

0.066

0.081

Kernel trait

 Kernel thickness

(KT)

0.292

0.086

0.376

0.421

 Kernel weight

(KW)

0.510

0.040

0.535

0.523

Cob traits

 Cob weight

(CW)

0.659

0.053

0.314

0.327

 Cob width

(CWi)

0.646

0.099

0.232

0.307

Flowering traits

 Days to anthesis

(DA)

1.488

0.056

0.085

0.130

 Days to silking

(DS)

1.258

0.065

0.103

0.154

 Anthesis silking interval

(ASI)

0.447

0.040

0.046

0.076

Morphological traits

 Plant height

(PH)

1.084

0.051

0.012

0.062

 Ear height

(EH)

1.115

0.029

0.040

0.060

Molecular markers

 SSRs all loci

  

0.011

0.003

0.011

  1. aPopulation differentiation: Fst=θ for molecular markers and Qst for quantitative traits.