Genetic diversity
The Expected and observed heterozygosity (He and Ho, respectively), inbreeding coefficient (FIS), the percentages of polymorphic loci (PPL) and the number of private alleles (PA), are reported in the Table 1 for each sampling locality. Except for the low value observed in Chile Chico (ChCh; PPL=12,668 %), PPL were fairly homogeneous throughout the species range, varying from 18.794% in Chillán (Ch) to 42.367% in Coyhaique (Coy) (Table 1). Four sampling localities, Puerto Montt (PM), Chiloé norte (ChlN), Chiloé sur (ChlS) and ChCh presented a lower PA (PA≤30) than the rest of the sampled range (44<PA<83). Ch and Pumalín (Pu) were the only two localities with a negative FIS value while four localities (i.e., PM, ChlN, ChlS and ChCh) show positive values of FIS superior to 0.1.
Table1: Genetic diversity of Embothrium coccineum in each sampling locality.