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Table 2 Genetic variation within Myiopsitta monachus subspecies

From: Genetic evidence links invasive monk parakeet populations in the United States to the international pet trade

Subspecies

n

No. of

Haplotypic

Nucleotide

  

Haplotypes†

Diversity, h

Diversity, π

M. m. calita

9

4

0.58

0.0031

   

(0.18)‡

(0.0022)

M. m. cotorra

16

5

0.73

0.0020

   

(0.079)

(0.0015)

M. m. monachus

38

8

0.77

0.0028

   

(0.040)

(0.0019)

M. m. luchsi

14

5

0.66

0.0015

   

(0.12)

(0.0013)

Unknown (U.S.A.)

64

4

0.52

0.0025

   

(0.042)

(0.0017)

  1. †Results based on 558 base pairs of the mtDNA control region. All haplotypes recovered for each subspecies are considered. Three haplotypes were shared among M. m. calita, M. m. cotorra, and M. m. monachus. All haplotypes sampled in U.S.A. were also recovered in native range (see text).
  2. ‡Values in parentheses are the standard errors for h and π.