Table 2.

Polymorphic loci and genetic diversity of five groups of sesame accessions, according their geographical distribution

Population	Polymorphic loci	%	Hs
India	313	63	0.1957
Africa	352	71	0.2129
Western Asia	187	38	0.1516
Central Asia	199	40	0.1445
China-Korea-Japan	292	59	0.1916
		Average Hs = 0.1793± 0.0266
		Ht = 0.2244 ± 0.0325
		Gst = 0.2013