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Table 4 Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) performed for five groups inferred from pair-wise analysis; group 1 = Ferrol; group 2 = Corcubión, Boiro, San Simón, Aveiro; group 3 = Oosterschelde; group 4 = Isle of Lewis; group 5 = Brest

From: Genetic diversity and population differentiation in the cockle Cerastoderma edule estimated by microsatellite markers

Source of variation

Sum of squares

Variance components

Percentage of variation

P value

Among groups

42.679

0.050

1.725

<0.001*

Among populations within groups

10.239

0.006

0.190

0.265

Within populations

2,398.546

2.861

98.085

<0.001*

Total

2,451.464

2.917

  
  1. Fixation indices: Fct = 0.017, Fsc = 0.002, Fst = 0.019; * significant at 5 % level
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