Table 6.
Genetic diversity within populations.
| Soil type | Sampling sites | Group size | Average gene diversity | PICa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polluted | Liuyang | 5 | 0.1944 | 0.1545 |
| Zhuzhou | 5 | 0.1972 | 0.1562 | |
| Xiangtan | 5 | 0.1806 | 0.1431 | |
| Yueyang | 5 | 0.1608 | 0.1270 | |
| Mean | 0.1833 | 0.1452 | ||
| Un-polluted | Liuyang | 5 | 0.1762 | 0.1408 |
| Zhuzhou | 5 | 0.1629 | 0.1291 | |
| Xiangtan | 5 | 0.1686 | 0.1287 | |
| Yueyang | 5 | 0.1687 | 0.1329 | |
| Mean | 0.1690 | 0.1329 | ||
aGene diversity and polymorphic information content (PIC) of populations were computed by the mean of pairwise differences among phenotypes of all members of the populations.