Research Article

Detecting the Early Genetic Effects of Habitat Degradation in Small Size Remnant Populations of Machilus thunbergii Sieb. et Zucc. (Lauraceae)

Table 2

Genetic diversity of five M. thunbergii populations around Lake Biwa.

SitePopulationNull allele

OHMature242.670.600.510.020.02
Juvenile392.580.410.500.050.12
TMMature93.390.410.490.100.19
Juvenile203.050.410.510.160.17
NCMature554.110.580.620.050.05
Juvenile404.200.580.640.080.07
NHMature153.840.610.620.080.04
Juvenile183.790.510.620.160.09
HIMature443.580.660.640.020.01
Juvenile553.430.520.580.070.06

, number of samples; , allelic richness (calculated from 14 gene copies); , observed heterozygosity; , expected heterozygosity; , inbreeding coefficient for juvenile and mature life stages of M. thunbergii; significantly deviated from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium (); , Bayesian estimated posterior mean value of in consideration of presence of null alleles; null allele, the average null allele frequency.