Genetic Structure of a Loblolly Pine Breeding Population at Brazil

Table 4

Comparing 𝐹_ST values of the inferred maternal genotypes and the open-pollinated progenies assuming Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (STRUCTURE, 1st and 2nd lines, resp.) and assuming inbreeding (INSTRUCT, 3rd line).

Independent structure analyses	𝐾	ln𝑃(𝐷)	Var[ln𝑃(𝐷)]	𝐹ST1	𝐹ST2	𝐹ST3	𝐹ST4	𝐹ST5
120 maternal trees	3	−3184	242.7	0.099	0.126	0.156
1130 seedlings	5	−13353	1108.0	0.375	0.326	0.384	0.194	0.290
738 seedlings	5	−6905,2	13810.4	0.170	0.227	0.212	0.022	0.045