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Table 3 Properties of the pearl millet subsets maximizing gene diversity D.

From: Patterns of molecular and phenotypic diversity in pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum(L.) R. Br.] from West and Central Africa and their relation to geographical and environmental parameters

 

Subset size

 

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

D

0.74

0.81

0.82

0.82

0.82

0.82

0.82

0.81

Alleles/locus

4.5

7.4

8.5

9.8

10.6

11.2

12.2

12.5

Composition

        

   Country

        

Benin

0

0

1

1

2

2

2

2

Burkina Faso

1

2

1

2

1

4

5

7

Cameroon

0

1

0

2

3

3

2

3

Central African Republic

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Chad

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Guinea

0

0

1

2

2

2

2

2

Mali

2

4

6

5

6

8

10

13

Mauritania

0

1

2

3

3

3

3

3

Niger

2

2

4

5

6

4

9

7

Senegal

0

0

0

0

2

3

2

3

   Agro-ecological zone

        

Sahelian zone

2

4

6

6

9

7

12

9

Sudano-sahelian zone

3

5

5

10

11

12

14

19

Sudanian zone

0

1

4

4

5

11

9

12

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