Table 2.

Genetic characterization of 16 newly developed polymorphic microsatellites of Begonia luzhaiensis.^a

	YS (n = 15)			LZ (n = 20)			XC (n = 22)
Locus	A	Ho	He	A	Ho	He	A	Ho	He
BLZ01	8	0.667	0.784	9	0.235	0.804*	2	0.048	0.210
BLZ02	4	0.600	0.604	5	0.895	0.733	6	0.773	0.732
BLZ03	4	0.467	0.647	3	0.167	0.531	3	0.167	0.329
BLZ04	5	0.400	0.498	5	1.000	0.722	2	0.455	0.351
BLZ05	3	0.067	0.135	2	0.067	0.064	3	0.190	0.177
BLZ06	4	0.800	0.604	3	0.000	0.304*	2	0.000	0.124
BLZ07	7	0.786	0.661	4	0.667	0.722	3	0.143	0.217
BLZ08	2	0.133	0.444	2	0.556	0.475	2	0.273	0.236
BLZ09	5	0.857	0.712	4	0.778	0.660	4	0.417	0.576
BLZ10	5	0.643	0.663	7	0.737	0.742	2	0.333	0.337
BLZ11	4	0.214	0.258	1	0.000	0.000	1	0.000	0.000
BLZ12	2	0.000	0.124	3	0.500	0.615	2	0.091	0.087
BLZ13	2	0.286	0.245	2	0.050	0.049	2	0.632	0.465
BLZ14	3	0.467	0.380	3	0.684	0.655	4	0.619	0.652
BLZ15	3	0.533	0.518	1	0.000	0.000	2	0.273	0.236
BLZ16	2	0.067	0.064	3	0.000	0.204*	2	0.050	0.049

Note: A = number of alleles; H_e = expected heterozygosity; H_o = observed heterozygosity; n = number of individuals sampled.

^aLocality and voucher information are provided in Appendix 1.

*Highly significant deviation from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium (P < 0.001).