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Table 3 Ploidy level/genome size, sex and origin of D. dumetorum accessions

From: Genetic diversity and population structure of trifoliate yam (Dioscorea dumetorum Kunth) in Cameroon revealed by genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS)

 

No. of accessions

Sex

Geographic origin

1C-values (pg)

 

Male

Female

West

Northwest

Southwest

Nigeria

  

Diploid (76%)

13

4 (31%)

9 (69%)

6 (46%)

1 (8%)

4 (31%)

2 (15%)

0.333 ± 0.009

Triploid (24%)

4

3 (75%)

1(25%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

4 (100%)

0 (0)

0.519 ± 0.004

 

Diploid* (78%)

21

–

–

7 (33%)

5 (24%)

9 (43%)

0 (0)

–

 

Triploid* (22%)

6

–

–

2 (33%)

1 (17%)

3 (50%)

0 (0)

–

 
  1. *Ploidy level estimated using the R package gbs2ploidy