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Table 2 Features of the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) sequences in the different Aedes albopictus population samples

From: Molecular markers for analyses of intraspecific genetic diversity in the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus

Region

Sample

Individuals analysed

Sequences analysed

Haplotypes present

Gene diversity ± SD

Nucleotide diversity (π ± SD)

Thailand

Ban Rai

3

9

7

0.917 ± 0.092

0.0166 ± 0.0098

 

Phato

4

13

9

0.936 ± 0.051

0.0128 ± 0.0075

Réunion

St. Denis

3

8

6

0.893 ± 0.111

0.0129 ± 0.0080

 

St. Pierre

3

8

6

0.929 ± 0.084

0.0050 ± 0.0035

Italy

Pavia

3

9

7

0.944 ± 0.070

0.0065 ± 0.0043

 

Brescia

3

9

9

1.000 ± 0.052

0.0134 ± 0.0081

 

Castellanza

3

8

6

0.893 ± 0.111

0.0095 ± 0.0061

 

Cesena

2

7

6

0.952 ± 0.096

0.0191 ± 0.0116

 

Modena

2

5

4

0.900 ± 0.161

0.0080 ± 0.0058

Overall

 

26

76

52

0.986 ± 0.005

0.0134 ± 0.0072

  1. Gene diversity: Equivalent to the expected heterozygosity for diploid data. It is defined as the probability that two randomly chosen haplotypes are different in the sample.
  2. Nucleotide diversity: the probability that two randomly chosen homologous nucleotide sites are different.