Table 2.

Results of initial polymorphic microsatellite marker screening in three populations of Tithonia diversifolia.

	LC (N = 21)				YX (N = 17)				GX (N = 10)
Locus	A	Ho	He	HWEa	A	Ho	He	HWEa	A	Ho	He	HWEa
Cl3	3	0.286	0.643	***	4	0.529	0.555	***	2	0.600	0.480	ns
Cl12	2	0.350	0.489	ns	2	0.294	0.438	ns	2	0.300	0.255	ns
Cl23	2	0.286	0.444	ns	2	0.353	0.457	ns	2	0.500	0.375	ns
Cl28	2	0.333	0.459	ns	3	0.412	0.552	***	2	0.200	0.480	ns
Cl42	2	0.095	0.363	***	1	0.000	0.000	—	1	0.000	0.000	—
Cl52	2	0.143	0.459	**	2	0.294	0.500	ns	2	0.500	0.495	ns
Cl53	3	0.143	0.541	***	2	0.235	0.498	*	2	0.400	0.500	ns
Cl76	2	0.381	0.499	ns	3	0.235	0.443	***	2	0.400	0.480	ns
Cl84	2	0.286	0.444	ns	2	0.353	0.498	ns	2	0.500	0.455	ns
Cl92	3	0.190	0.635	***	2	0.059	0.251	**	2	0.400	0.500	ns
Cl95	2	0.143	0.459	**	2	0.059	0.493	***	2	0.300	0.495	ns
Un1	2	0.667	0.444	*	2	0.824	0.484	**	2	0.700	0.455	ns
Un5	2	0.190	0.499	**	2	0.235	0.415	ns	2	0.300	0.495	ns
Un6	2	0.048	0.500	***	2	0.438	0.482	ns	2	0.600	0.500	ns
Un21	2	0.286	0.472	ns	2	0.235	0.484	*	2	0.200	0.320	ns
Un23	2	0.476	0.472	ns	2	0.706	0.498	ns	2	0.700	0.495	ns

Note: A = number of alleles; H_e = expected heterozygosity; H_o = observed heterozygosity; HWE = Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium; N = sample size.

^aDeviations from HWE at *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001; ns = not significant.