Microsatellite Markers Reveal Genetic Diversity and Relationships within a Melon Collection Mainly Comprising Asian Cultivated and Wild Germplasms

Table 2

Comparison of genetic diversity for the thick-skinned (TC), thin-skinned (TN), and wild (W) groups.

Accession group	Na	Ne	Ho	He	I	PIC
TC	226	2.93	0.04	0.63	1.26	0.58
TN	256	2.87	0.07	0.59	1.26	0.55
W	250	4.08	0.18	0.72	1.51	0.67

Na: the number of observed alleles.
Ne: the number of effective alleles.
Ho: observed heterozygosity.
He: expected heterozygosity.
I: Shannon’s information index.
PIC: Polymorphic information content.