Table 3. Comparisons of genetic diversity and genetic differentiation between central and marginal populations of Liriodendron chinense.
Groups | NS | Climate suitability | nSSR |
cpSSR |
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H’ | FST | H’ | FST | ||||
Central | 365 | 0.705ab | 0.168ab | 0.245 | 0.252 | 0.720 | |
Marginal | North | 156 | 0.804a | 0.390a | 0.239 | −0.034 | 0.767 |
South | 172 | 0.575b | −0.718b | 0.424 | −0.547 | 0.895 | |
p (C–M) | 0.016 | 0.151 | 0.199 | 0.134 | 0.210 |
NS: Number of sampled individuals; Climate suitability: The present climate suitability for each population predicted by the ecological niche modeling; H’: extracted genetic diversity and haplotype diversity index by principal component analysis; FST: genetic differentiation.