Table 2 Genetic diversity of the pearl millet inbreds with respect to their country of origin, their agro-ecological zone of origin, and their sub-groups identified by STRUCTURE, where N is the population size, D the gene diversity, and A the number of group-specific alleles.
Hierarchy level | Name | N | Alleles/locus | D | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Benin | 5 | 3.4 | 0.62 | 4 |
| Â | Burkina Faso | 27 | 8.0 | 0.70 | 32 |
| Â | Cameroon | 9 | 4.7 | 0.67 | 9 |
| Â | Central African Republic | 4 | 3.0 | 0.57 | 6 |
| Â | Chad | 1 | 1.0 | - | 0 |
| Â | Guinea | 3 | 2.3 | 0.51 | 3 |
| Â | Mali | 50 | 10.4 | 0.72 | 45 |
| Â | Mauritania | 4 | 3.1 | 0.60 | 9 |
| Â | Niger | 29 | 8.1 | 0.71 | 26 |
| Â | Senegal | 13 | 5.6 | 0.69 | 9 |
Agro-ecological zone | Sahelian zone | 43 | 9.3 | 0.72 | 38 |
| Â | Sudano-sahelian zone | 74 | 12.2 | 0.72 | 82 |
| Â | Sudanian zone | 28 | 8.8 | 0.73 | 37 |
STRUCTURE | Sub-group 1 | 16 | 5.1 | 0.62 | 16 |
| Â | Sub-group 2 | 25 | 6.1 | 0.65 | 23 |
| Â | Sub-group 3 | 25 | 5.7 | 0.65 | 15 |
| Â | Sub-group 4 | 14 | 6.4 | 0.72 | 44 |
| Â | Sub-group 5 | 25 | 6.3 | 0.68 | 22 |
| Â | Admixed group | 40 | 8.9 | 0.71 | 32 |
| Â | Total | 145 | 16.4 | 0.74 | Â |