BioMed Research International

Research Article

Effects of Freshwater Pollution on the Genetics of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) at the Molecular and Population Level

Table 3

Locus-specific and overall genetic characteristics of field populations.


Locus	(Cl)	(Dp)	/ (Cl)	/ (Dp)	(Cl/Dp)	(Cl)	(Dp)

A6	−0.032	0.014	0.917/0.889	0.896/0.906	0.007	17	15
B6	0.012	0.064	0.917/0.927	0.830/0.886	0.002	18	13
B9	0.106	0.016	0.771/0.862	0.809/0.822	0.006	10	9
C5	0.043	0.167	0.750/0.784	0.638/0.765	−0.010	8	6
Dpol9	−0.102	0.092	0.708/0.643	0.600/0.660	−0.008	7	7
Dpol19	−0.102	0.004	0.792/0.784	0.787/0.791	−0.006	9	9
Across all loci	0.007	0.057	0.809/0.815	0.760/0.807	−0.001	69	59

Inbreeding coefficients (), observed and expected heterozygosity (/) of population Cl and Dp, genetic differentiation () between Cl and Dp, and number of alleles () for Cl and Dp. None of the values was significantly different from zero. Significant deficits of heterozygotes from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium are given in bold. Note: small negative values are statistical artefacts and are observed in populations with very low genetic differentiation.