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 6

Effects of gene flow and genetic differentiation on O. abyssinica.

Population comparisonGenetic differentiationGene flow
KsKxyGamma StFst

Assosa Zone vs. Kemash Zone16.636.00.5600.532
Assosa Zone vs. Metekel Zone36.551.50.3390.341
Assosa Zone vs. Oromia15.823.00.6110.606
Assosa Zone vs. distant pop.18.640.20.3470.159
Kemash Zone vs. Metekel Zone40.840.50.2010.134
Kemash Zone vs. Oromia17.019.20.6020.503
Kemash Zone vs. distant pop.20.538.70.5820.471
Metekel Zone vs. Oromia40.134.90.2810.272
Metekel Zone vs. distant pop.42.451.60.1490.023
Oromia vs. distant pop.19.539.20.3870.117

Note. Ks denotes nucleotide-sequence-based statistics, Kxy: average number of nucleotide differences between population 1 and population 2, GammaSt: genetic differences among population, and Fst: average level of gene flow.