Table 3

Correlation between genetic diversity, lifetime expectancy, population size and dispersal rate


Lifetime expectancy (LTE)
Census population size (N)
Dispersal rate (number of immigrants)

r
p
r
p
r
p

Expected heterozygosity (He)
1.000
<0.0001
0.600
0.285
1.000
<0.0001
Gene diversity (Div)
0.700
0.188
0.900
0.037
0.700
0.188
Percentage of polymorphic loci (PPL)
0.949
0.014
0.632
0.252
0.949
0.014
Lifetime expectancy (LTE)
-
-
0.600
0.285
1.000
<0.0001

Spearman coefficients (r) in bold are statistically significant at the 0.05 level.

Vandewoestijne et al. BMC Biology 2008 6:46   doi:10.1186/1741-7007-6-46