Genetic diversity of Ophiocordyceps sinensis, a medicinal fungus endemic to the Tibetan Plateau: Implications for its evolution and conservation

Table 4 PCR-SSCP results of four northern samples and three southern samples^a

Specimens	No. of tested clones				No. of sequenced clones				No. of polymorphic sites^b	Nucleotide diversity, Pi(×10^-2)
	Stromata	Sclerotia	Mycelial vela	Total	Stromata	Sclerotia	Mycelial vela	Total
XZ-NQ-166 (N)	285	247	145	677	4	8	11	23	3 (17)	0.37 ± 0.07
QH-YS-197B (N)	228	275	189	692	3	10	17	30	0 (18)	0.24 ± 0.05
QH-YS-189 (N)	36	16	-	52	1	1	-	2	0 (0)	0.00
XZ-NQ-154 (N)	40	22	-	62	3	2	-	5	0 (3)	0.23 ± 0.06
XZ-LZ07-30 (S)	255	234	16	505	3	0	4	7	0 (2)	0.11 ± 0.05
XZ-LZ07-H1 (S)	258	260	44	562	2	2	11	15	17 (10)	1.66 ± 0.34
YN-6 (S)	38	51	-	89	3	6	-	9	0 (9)	0.38 ± 0.11
Total	1140	1105	394	2639	19	29	43	91	26 (49)	1.24 ± 0.15

^a Two or three sections (stromata, sclerotia and/or external mycelial vela) were tested for each specimen.
^b Numbers outside parentheses are parsimony informative sites, inside parentheses singleton variable sites.

ISSN: 2730-7182