Note: L, length in base pairs; S, number of segregating sites; π, nucleotide diversity; θ, Watterson’s parameter; h, number of haplotypes; Hd, haplotype diversity; D , Tajima’s D ; D *, Fu and Li’s D *; F *, Fu and Li’s F *; R m, estimate of the minimum number of recombination events. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.02.

Table 2 Genetic variability within per population of C .bifida and C. micholtzii based the 16 microsatellites data.