BMC Plant Biology

Table 2 Diversity indices of populations and seeds pooled at the regional level^a

From: Maximizing genetic representation in seed collections from populations of self and cross-pollinated banana wild relatives

Species	Sample	N	AR	PA	MLG	H′	λ	E₅	H_exp	H_o
M. acuminata	Population	76	73	33	70	4.214	0.984	0.948	0.290	0.045
M. acuminata	Seeds	104	37	2	25	2.704	0.905	0.684	0.238	0.023
M. balbisiana	Population	83	48	16	82	4.402	0.988	0.993	0.314	0.336
M. balbisiana	Seeds	73	39	6	60	4.029	0.981	0.919	0.227	0.083
M. maclayi	Population	57	242	27	55	3.994	0.981	0.981	0.897	0.723
M. maclayi	Seeds	52	224	8	52	3.951	0.981	1.000	0.872	0.750

^aKey: N number of samples, AR rarefied allelic richness, PA private alleles, MLG number of detected multilocus genotypes, H′ Shannon-Weiner diversity index, λ Simpson’s index, E₅ evenness index, H_exp Nei’s gene diversity (expected heterozygosity) [44], H_o observed heterozygosity

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