Traditional agroecosystems as conservatories and incubators of cultivated plant varietal diversity: the case of fig (Ficus caricaL.) in Morocco

Table 2 Genetic diversity within geographical zone.

Geographic zone	trees analyzed	named varieties	unnamed varieties	genotypes	local genotypes	N	N _A	H _E	H _O	F _IS	p-value
North west (I)	60	43	4	36	31	66	3.88	0.523	0.559	-0.0699	0.0187
Rif (II)	81	43	7	64	58	70	4.12	0.495	0.540	-0.0968	0.0003
Mountain agroecosystems ^a	141	76	11	96	89	77	4.53	0.510	0.548	-0.0724	0.0005
North center (III)	20	12	4	15	12	54	3.18	0.533	0.558	-0.0502	0.1477
Center (IV)	61	23	10	45	40	70	4.12	0.511	0.557	-0.0904	0.0156
Moulouya valley (V)	34	19	2	27	24	70	4.12	0.518	0.507	0.0219	0.4292
South (VI)	21	15	3	21	21	72	4.24	0.558	0.571	-0.0242	0.2898
Oasis agroecosystems ^b	21	14	3	21	21	72	4.24	0.558	0.571	-0.0242	0.2898

N: total number of alleles observed within each zone; N_A: mean number of alleles per locus; H_O: observed heterozygosity; H_E: expected heterozygosity; F_IS: intrapopulation fixation index. ^a Moutain agroecosystems (= Rif and North west zones); ^b Oasis agroecosystems (= oases of the South Morocco).

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