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. 2010 Apr 1;105(5):719–735. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcq035

Table 5.

Summary of the analyses using constrained principal coordinates analysis applied to environmental variables recorded in populations of Allium oleraceum in the Czech Republic: (a) effects of ploidy levels; (b) effects of groups of populations classified by observed ploidy-level combinations

Model Trace (1st axis) F P
(a) Ploidy levels
Overall model 0·047 7·22 0·001
4x vs. 5x 0·033 5·70 0·001
4x vs. 6x 0·082 9·06 0·001
5x vs. 6x 0·016 3·99 0·001
(b) Groups
Overall model 0·063 3·93 0·001
4x vs. 5x 0·030 5·18 0·001
4x vs. 6x 0·084 9·21 0·001
5x vs. 6x 0·016 4·00 0·002
4x vs. 4x + 5x 0·010 1·76 0·071
4x vs. 4x + 6x 0·018 1·96 0·039
5x vs. 4x + 5x 0·016 3·12 0·003
5x vs. 5x + 6x 0·007 1·75 0·065
6x vs. 4x + 6x 0·009 0·95 0·473
6x vs. 5x + 6x 0·008 1·98 0·033

All effects were tested by Monte Carlo permutation tests using 999 random permutations. See Methods for details.

P-values in bold (except for overall models) are significant after Bonferroni correction [P < 0·017 in the section (a)] or are significant at P = 0·01 in the section (b).