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. 2024 May 16;17:225. doi: 10.1186/s13071-024-06306-5

Table 4.

Molecular diversity indices based on multiple tests of molecular diversity on the combined β-tubulin genotype dataset

(a) Molecular diversity indices
Molecular diversity indices Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium Population-specific FIS indices (1023 permutations)
Group Sample size No. of haplotypes Average gene diversity over loci Locus Obs. Het Exp. Het p-value FIS p-value
Human 286 26 0.591 A 0.224 0.468  < 0.001a 0.523  < 0.001a
B 0.615 0.714 0.009a
Pig 474 50 0.681 A 0.325 0.517  < 0.001a 0.372  < 0.001a
B 0.544 0.845  < 0.001a
(b) Analysis of MOlecular VAriance (AMOVA)
Source of variation d.f Sum of squares Variance components Percentage of variation Fixation indices p-value
Among groups 1 1.587 − 0.0128 − 5.07 FCT − 0.051 0.853
Among populations within groups 17 29.553 0.047 18.84 FSC 0.179  < 0.001a
Among individuals within populations 361 104.882 0.074 29.23 FIS 0.339  < 0.001a
Within individuals 380 54.5 0.143 57 FIT 0.43  < 0.001a

aIndicates a p-value < 0.05. Abbreviations: Obs.Het. = observed heterozygosity, Exp.Het. = expected heterozygosity. (a) Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium was calculated for each isotype over 1,000,000 Markov chain steps and the p-value is based on the deviation between the observed and expected values. Population-specific inbreeding coefficient (FIS) calculated over 1023 permutations is shown for each population with p-values of divergence between random FIS vs observed FIS. (b) Analysis of MOlecular VAriance tests to identify sources of variation and calculate fixation indices. Samples (individuals) were grouped by host species and then populations were separated by country, for the UK pig farm data each farm was designated as a separate population. Samples from humans in the UK were grouped with the pigs as they have been previously shown to be of porcine origin. Results show the degrees of freedom (d.f.) sum of squares and variance components which are used to calculate the percentage of variation contained within the sample divisions. Fixation indices are shown for FCT, FSC, FIS and FIT along with p-values from 1023 permutations. Most variation occurs between individuals within the entire population. Fixation indices show that there is little differentiation between groups but significant differentiation between individuals and populations