Research Article

cpDNA-Gene-Sequence-Based Genetic Diversity, Population Structure, and Gene Flow Analysis of Ethiopian Lowland Bamboo (Bambusinea: Oxytenanthera abyssinica (A. Rich.) Munro)

Table 5

Nucleotide diversity analysis on O. abyssinica populations in different zones.

Analysis in pair-wise comparisons
PopulationTotalCoding regionNoncoding region
kπkπkπ

Assosa Zone4.330.0012 ± 0.00034.33 ± 0.00062.000.0007 ± 0.00022.00 ± 0.00051.330.0016 ± 0.00071.33 ± 0.0013
Metekel Zone23.170.0063 ± 0.000522.33 ± 0.00110.670.0038 ± 0.000510.12 ± 0.0011.330.0016 ± 0.00031.09 ± 0.0010
Kemash Zone2.000.0005 ± 0.00032.00 ± 0.000500 ± 00 ± 000 ± 00 ± 0
Oromia8.000.0022 ± 0.00118.00 ± 0.00166.000.0021 ± 0.00116.00 ± 0.00162.000.0023 ± 0.00122.00 ± 0.0020
Distant pop.11.000.0030 ± 0.001511.0 ± 0.00228.000.0028 ± 0.00148.00 ± 0.00212.000.0023 ± 0.00122.00 ± 0.0020

Note. k denotes average number of nucleotide differences, π (Pi): pair-wise average nucleotide diversity per 100 sites along with standard deviation, and (Theta-) signifies the Watterson estimator for population mutation rates per 100 sites with its standard deviation.