Table 3

Analisis of molecular variance (AMOVA) of temporal and spatial genetic variation in Atlantic bigeye tuna for nine microsatellites*.

Structure tested

Variance

% total

F Statistics

P


1. One group (Guinea, Azores, Canary, Canada, Indian, Pacific)

Among populations

0.019

0.53

FST = 0.007

0.00

Within populations

3.660

99.47

2. Two groups Clade I (Guinea, Azores, Canary, Canada, Indian, Pacific) vs. Clade II (Guinea, Azores, Canary, Canada)

Among groups

0.007

0.17

FCT = 0.002

0.17

Within groups

0.015

0.39

FSC = 0.004

0.04

Within populations

3.952

99.44

FST = 0.005

0.00

3. Three groups (Guinea, Azores, Canary, Canada) vs. (Indian Ocean) vs. (Pacific Ocean)

Among groups

0.020

0.55

FCT = 0.006

0.07

Within groups

0.009

0.25

FSC = 0.003

0.05

Within populations

3.520

99.2

FST = 0.008

0.00


*Bold P numbers are significant values.

Gonzalez et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008 8:252   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-252

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