Genetic species identification and population structure of Halophila(Hydrocharitaceae) from the Western Pacific to the Eastern Indian Ocean

Table 3 Comparison of genetic diversity among H. ovalis populations

Oceanic system	Population	Observed heterozygosity (H_o)	Expected heterozygosity (H_e)	Allelic richness (A)
Pacific	HK-tc	0.200	0.109	1.2
	VN-vp	0.800	0.421	1.8
	VN-tt	0.600	0.316	1.6
	MY-sr	0.200	0.111	1.2
	MY-tg	0.600	0.333	1.6
	MY-sb	0.520	0.316	1.6
	MY-bd	0.600	0.333	1.6
	MY-mg	0.600	0.333	1.6
	TH-kn	0.600	0.343	1.6
	MY-jo	0.800	0.444	1.8
	Mean (SE)	0.552 (0.206)	0.306 (0.112)	1.560 (0.207)
Indian	TH-sa	0.600	0.320	1.6
	TH-tr	0.567	0.310	1.6
	IN-ma	0.400	0.211	1.4
	IN-ka	0.600	0.316	1.6
	Mean (SE)	0.542 (0.096)	0.289 (0.053)	1.550 (0.100)

Genetic diversity gained from 14 populations in the Western Pacific (N = 10) and the Indian Ocean (N = 4). Abbreviations as in Figure 1. Calculation was carried out by the excel microsatellite toolkit [39] and FSTAT [40].

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