Research Article

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

Table 5

Estimated sequence divergence over cytb sequence pairs (383 bp) within A. cerana (10 samples) and A. florea (11 samples).

A. ceranaChantaburi (East)Kanchanaburi (West)Samutsongkram (Central)Suratthani (South)

Chantaburi (East)-0.841.053.88
Kanchanaburi (West)3.22-0.263.06
Samutsongkram (Central)4.001.00-2.79
Suratthani (South)14.5011.5010.5-

A. floreaChantaburi (East)Chumphon (South)Pichit (North)Ratchaburi (West)Samutsongkram (Central)

Chantaburi (East)-00.2400.74
Chumphon (South)0-0.2400.74
Pichit
(North)
1.001.00-0.240.49
Ratchaburi (West)001.00-0.74
Samutsongkram (Central)3.003.002.003.00-

Sequence divergence (%) with Jukes and Cantor between species is above the diagonal and the average number of nucleotide differences is below the diagonal.