Table 1.
Overview of the sampled populations of the three species of Platyhelminthes with the respective reproduction modes and ploidy levels. Numbers in brackets refer to the number of populations/individuals considered for the analyses of the variation of chromosome number within individuals by averaging the coefficient of variation calculated across cell counts from single individuals (CV; for further details, see text). Errors indicate ± SD
| Species | Number of | Number of populations with reproduction mode | Ploidy level | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Populations | Individuals | Cells per individual | Asexual | Sexual | Both | Unknown | Min | Max | Mean | |
| Ph. vitta | 47 (43) | 346 (196) | 2.3 ± 1.8 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5.9 ± 1.4 |
| P. felina | 61 (58) | 299 (210) | 3.6 ± 3.2 | 44 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2.6 ± 0.4 |
| C. alpina | 112 (102) | 532 (328) | 2.5 ± 1.9 | 75 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6.1 ± 1.3 |