TABLE 2.

Analysis of molecular variance based on the frequencies of the 32 haplotypes observed in the Ugandan chicken population.

Source of variation/grouping	d.f.	Variance component	Percentage of variation	Fixation index, F	ρ-value
Overall
Among regions	3	0.00312 Va	1.08	0.01079CT	0.03421
Among populations within regions	8	0.00215 Vb	0.75	0.00753SC	0.07038
Within population	332	0.28377 Vc	98.18	0.01824ST	0.00293
Total	343	0.2894
Northern
Among population	2	0.00322 Va	1.59	0.0159ST	0.13392
Within population	60	0.19956 Vb	98.41
Total	62	0.20279
Central
Among population	1	0.00319 Va	0.75	0.00745ST	0.23167
Within populations	76	0.42420 Vb	99.25
Total	77	0.42738
Western
Among population	3	0.00423 Va	2.19	0.02189ST	0.02346
Within population	129	0.18920 Vb	97.81
Total	132	0.19343
Eastern
Among population	2	−0.00155 Va	−0.41	−0.00408ST	0.56109
Within population	67	0.38198 Vb	100.41
Total	69	0.38043

F_CT, variation among groups (regions) divided by total variation; F_SC, variation among populations (sub-regions) divided by the sum of variation among populations within groups and variation within populations; F_ST, the sum of variation groups divided by total variation; d. f., degrees of freedom.