Population genomics and morphometric assignment of western honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) in the Republic of South Africa

Table 3 Population genetic characteristics, determined using 2449 SNP loci, of the honey bees sampled from 28 geographical regions in the Republic of South Africa

Geographic region	N _a	Ar	H _obs	H _exp	F _IS	N_p (%)
Apis mellifera scutellata, N = 73 bees
BL	1.88	1.52	0.24	0.23	0.04	88.18
KR	1.87	1.53	0.25	0.23	−0.02	87.03
PT	1.71	1.48	0.21	0.21	0.003	71.8
SP	1.73	1.51	0.22	0.22	0.001	73.81
UP	1.88	1.54	0.25	0.23	0.01	88.1
Mean	1.81	1.52	0.24	0.22	0.006	87.78
Apis mellifera capensis, N = 337 bees
BD	1.6	1.45	0.22	0.19	−0.04	60.27
CD	1.93	1.55	0.24	0.24	0.02	93.12
CT	1.92	1.55	0.25	0.24	0.03	92.46
GE	1.94	1.55	0.23	0.24	0.06	94.48
GT	1.86	1.53	0.23	0.23	0.02	87
KN	1.95	1.55	0.24	0.24	0.04	95
LA	1.92	1.55	0.23	0.24	0.04	92.26
LB	1.82	1.54	0.24	0.23	0.02	82.37
MB	1.72	1.52	0.23	0.22	0.003	72.33
MF	1.86	1.55	0.26	0.24	−0.01	86.66
OD	1.76	1.52	0.23	0.22	− 0.02	76.5
PB	1.85	1.53	0.24	0.23	0.02	85.6
PE	1.9	1.54	0.23	0.24	0.03	90.4
RD	1.94	1.55	0.24	0.24	0.04	94.03
SF	1.69	1.5	0.23	0.22	0.03	69
ST	1.95	1.54	0.23	0.24	0.04	95.51
SW	1.87	1.53	0.24	0.23	0.03	87.64
TR	1.66	1.48	0.23	0.21	−0.04	66.07
WD	1.91	1.54	0.25	0.23	0.03	91.23
Mean	1.84	1.53	0.24	0.23	0.02	84.83
Hybrid bees, N = 54 bees
BW	1.81	1.52	0.25	0.23	−0.02	81.22
EL	1.69	1.5	0.23	0.21	0.02	69.41
GR	1.9	1.54	0.23	0.23	0.02	90.77
KL	1.83	1.52	0.24	0.23	−0.001	83.07
Mean	1.81	1.52	0.24	0.22	0.004	81.12
European A. mellifera reference, N = 10 bees
AM	1.36	1.25	0.12	0.11	−0.05	35.73

Geographical abbreviations are defined in Table 1. Abbreviations: N_a, mean number of observed alleles per locus; Ar, mean allelic richness; H_obs, observed heterozygosity; H_exp, expected heterozygosity; F_IS; Fixation index and N_P (%), percent mean number of private alleles per region. Mean values are calculated by pooling correspondent regions of each subspecies

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