Table 1 Genetic diversity of 22 populations of Cyperus papyrus in Southeast Africa, based on 19 microsatellite loci.

From: Holocene climate changes explain the spatial pattern in genetic diversity in populations of Cyperus papyrus from Southeast Africa wetlands

River basin

Population

N

N-MLGs

He

Ne

95% CI

A

Ar

f

p

Maputo

FUT

57

39

0.281

2.6

2.0–3.4

2.6

1.55

0.468

<0.001

Inkomati

INK

51

42

0.289

10.7

6.2–17.4

2.7

1.57

0.295

<0.001

Okavango

OKA

70

51

0.339

19.6

12.5–32.6

2.5

1.67

0.264

<0.001

Zambezi

AWS

58

38

0.393

91.9

37.8–inf

2.8

1.78

0.265

<0.001

 

GUM

62

37

0.497

1.9

1.6–2.2

3.0

2.00

0.345

<0.001

 

KAA

50

23

0.487

7.5

4.4–11.7

2.9

1.98

0.253

<0.001

 

KAB

62

43

0.478

1.4

1.2–1.6

2.9

1.94

0.515

<0.001

 

KAT

34

27

0.449

1.2

1.0–1.4

2.7

1.88

0.389

<0.001

 

MAL

44

32

0.379

2.5

2.0–3.2

2.5

1.73

0.179

<0.001

 

MAR

60

49

0.452

7.8

5.1–10.8

2.8

1.91

0.236

<0.001

 

MOP

44

24

0.424

0.5

0.4–0.6

2.6

1.84

0.206

<0.001

 

MUI

55

37

0.377

1.6

1.3–1.9

2.4

1.70

0.180

<0.001

 

NHA

48

24

0.341

6.5

2.9–12.3

2.6

1.66

0.037

0.244

 

NHI

44

26

0.350

2.7

1.9–5.8

2.2

1.68

0.022

0.329

 

SAL

56

34

0.422

2.4

2.0–3.0

2.7

1.83

0.167

<0.001

 

SHI

61

34

0.337

5.1

3.2–9.2

2.5

1.67

0.209

<0.001

 

SUA

59

31

0.302

1.5

1.2–1.9

2.4

1.58

−0.084

0.973

Lugela

LUA

60

37

0.459

2.3

1.9–2.8

2.8

1.91

0.279

<0.001

 

LIA

59

32

0.479

0.7

0.6–0.9

2.9

1.95

0.480

<0.001

 

LIB

39

38

0.441

1.7

1.4–2.0

2.9

1.89

0.467

<0.001

Messalo

MEA

51

45

0.384

2.6

2.2–3.2

2.7

1.76

0.391

<0.001

 

MEB

48

27

0.415

2.6

2.1–3.2

2.7

1.81

0.312

<0.001

Mean

 

53.3

35.0

0.434

  

2.7

1.79

0.267

 

SD

 

8.7

7.9

0.065

  

0.2

0.14

0.154

 

Total

 

1172

770

0.499

    

0.276

<0.001

  1. N number of individuals sampled, N-MLGs sample size without repeated multilocus genotypes, He expected heterozygosity under Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, A mean number of alleles per locus, Ar allelic richness, Ne effective population size based on linkage disequilibrium, 95% CI 95% confidence interval for Ne, f inbreeding coefficient, SD standard deviation.