Table 3. Results of genetic structure, clonal diversity and pedigree analysis conducted in four populations of Prunus serotina.
Population NG NR A HO HE FIS Range of genet
size
No of
polycormic individuals
Average number basal
resprouts
Clonal diversity (R) % HSs % FSs
RS RS + BR
R 78 109 9.125 (1.125) 0.619 (0.077) 0.693 (0.059) 0.137*** (0.056) 2–13 0 0 0.713 0.713 5.39 0.43
Z_1 164 180 10.625 (1.546) 0.681 (0.046) 0.691 (0.038) 0.019*** (0.021) 2–4 2 2.00 0.911 0.890 0 0.17
Z_2 437 446 10.00 (1.615) 0.650 (0.035) 0.657 (0.031) 0.013*** (0.012) 2 28 2.32 0.979 0.854 3.77 0.94
Z_3 201 205 11.12 (1.288) 0.606 (0.056) 0.674 (0.044) 0.108*** (0.047) 2 34 3.18 0.980 0.719 4.16 0.05
NG – number of genets, NR – number of ramets, A – average number of alleles per locus, HO – observed heterozygosity, HE – expected heterozygosity, FIS – inbreeding coefficient, SE in parenthesis, R – clonal diversity, RS – root suckers, BR – basal resprouts, % HSs – half-sibs, % FSs – full-sibs, *** – significance at 0.001