Table 1.

Mean values (±s.e.) of observed (H_o), expected (H_e) and unbiased expected (uH_e) heterozygosities for kings, queens, neotenics, dispersers (i.e. alates and alate-destined fifth instar nymphs), nymphs (from instars 1 to 4), workers and soldiers of the humivorous termite C. tuberosus.

	sexually produced individuals
	kings	queens	female neotenics	male neotenics	female dispersers	male dispersers	female nymphs	male nymphs	workers	soldiers
Ho	0.601 ± 0.051	0.503 ± 0.047	0.483 ± 0.059	0.525 ± 0.079	0.529 ± 0.056	0.588 ± 0.052	0.519 ± 0.062	0.582 ± 0.059	0.540 ± 0.034	0.494 ± 0.046
He	0.581 ± 0.038	0.546 ± 0.050	0.496 ± 0.055	0.425 ± 0.041	0.533 ± 0.051	0.569 ± 0.038	0.507 ± 0.056	0.549 ± 0.046	0.570 ± 0.037	0.523 ± 0.050
uHe	0.586 ± 0.039	0.551 ± 0.050	0.502 ± 0.056	0.544 ± 0.062	0.534 ± 0.051	0.571 ± 0.038	0.516 ± 0.057	0.561 ± 0.047	0.571 ± 0.037	0.526 ± 0.051

	parthenogenetically produced individuals
	queens	female neotenics	female dispersers	female nymphs
Ho	0	0	0	0
He	0.360 ± 0.055	0.530 ± 0.053	0.465 ± 0.056	0.510 ± 0.055
uHe	0.417 ± 0.063	0.531 ± 0.053	0.481 ± 0.058	0.511 ± 0.056