Research Article

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

Table 3

Estimated sequence divergence over the 28S rRNA sequence pairs within each species. Sequence divergence (%) within species is above the diagonal, while the average number of nucleotide differences is below the diagonal.

A. ceranaCentral (Samutsongkram)West (Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi)North (Chiangmai, Nan)East (Chanthaburi)South (Chumphon, Suratthani, Nakhon si thammarat)

Central-0.030.070.040.04
West0.25-0.0600
North0.450.40-0.060.06
East0.2500.40-0
South0.2500.400-

A. floreaCentral (Samutsongkram, Nakhonsawan)West (Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi)East (Chanthaburi)South (Chumphon)North (Pichit)

Central-0.080.030.030.01
West0.57-0.070.070.01
East0.200.50-0.000.09
South0.200.500.00-0.09
North0.640.770.600.60-

A. dorsataCentral (Samutsongkram, Nakhonsawan)West (Kanchanaburi)North
(Nan)
South (Suratthani)

Central-0.240.290.24
West1.50-0.050.00
North1.830.33-0.05
South1.500.000.33-