The dendrogram shows the level of similarity, expressed by the similarity coefficient, between AFLP patterns from the animal strains (n = 77). AFLP cluster identification is indicated on the right side of the figure. MLST was performed of a selection of 2, 4, 10, and 18 animal strains, representing each AFLP subcluster (defined by an arbitrarily chosen similarity-coefficient level ≥ 0.8) within AFLP clusters III, II, IVa, and I, respectively. Plus signs represent three unique AFLP patterns that were found for 0302880 (horse), 0002580 (ape [gorilla]), and 0210118 (seal).