Research Article

Genetic Diversity of Apis spp. in Thailand Inferred from 28S rRNA Nuclear and Cytochrome b Mitochondrial Gene Sequences

Table 2

Molecular diversity indices within the 28S rRNA and cytb sequences in each Apis species in Thailand.

Species
(No. of sequences)
No.Sh (± SD)kπ ± SD)

28S rRNA
A. cerana (26)210.212 ± 0.0970.2120.00033 ± 0.00041
A. florea (22)320.394 ± 0.1190.5410.00085 ± 0.00086
A. dorsata (15)4100.371 ± 0.1531.3330.00213 ± 0.00491

Cytb
A. cerana (10)8160.933 ± 0.0775.9560.0154 ± 0.0147
A. florea (11)330.473 ± 0.1621.2000.00201 ± 0.00250

Number of haplotypes (No.), number of polymorphic sites (s), haplotype diversity (h) [21], average number of nucleotide differences (k), and nucleotide diversity (π) [22] with standard deviation (SD).