Colony Summer 2009 Family Structure No of alleles detected per locus/per sample  
    Rf 11-3 Rf 5-10 Rf 6-1 Rf 11-1 Rf 11-2  Rf 15-2 Rf 21-1  Mean number of alleles
1 Simple 2 2 2 3 3 1 2 2.14
2 Simple 2 2 2 3 1 3 3 2.28
3 Simple 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2.00
4 Simple 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 2.00
5 Simple 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 2.57
6 Simple 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 2.00
7 Simple 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 1.86
8 Simple 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 1.7
Summer 2010                  
1 Mixed 2 2  4 5 4 5 3.7
2 Simple 2 1 2 3 4 2 4 2.5
3 Unclassified 3 4 2 2 4 4 4 3.28
4 Mixed 4 2 2 5 4 4 2 3.28
5 Mixed 3 5 2 2 6 2 4 3.43
6 Mixed 4 3 2 1 4 5 4 3.29
7 Mixed 3 3 2 3 4 5 3 3.28
Fall/Winter 2010                  
8 Simple 3 4 2 2 2 2 3 2.57
1 Simple 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2.00
2 Simple 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 1.86
3 Simple 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2.14
4 Simple 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1.86
5 Simple 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1.86
6 Simple 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 2.43
7 Simple 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2.29
8 Simple 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1.86
Summer 2011                  
1 Unclassified 4 2 2 4 4 2 4 3.14
2 Mixed 2 3 5 3 7 3 3 3.71
3 Mixed 3 2 2 3 4 6 2 3.14
4 Simple 2 2 3 4 4 4 3 3.14
5 Mixed 2 2 2 3 3 2 5 2.71
6 Simple 3 2 2 3 3 2 4 2.71
7 Mixed 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 2.85
8 Mixed 2 2 2 3 3 3 7 3.14
Table 1: Variability of microsatellite loci and basic summary statistics for 8 colonies of Reticulitermes flavipes collected from Wilderness Park,Lincoln, Nebraska (2009-2011) Colony Genetic Structure and Relatedness