Table 3. Estimates of bi-directional gene flow (Nem) among populations of Desmophyllum dianthus from SE Australia, New Zealand and Chile collected from shallow (<600 m), mid (1000–1500 m) and deep (>1500 m) depth strata as estimated using LAMARC.
ITS | Recipient population | |||||
Source population | SE Australia Deep | SE Australia Mid | SE Australia Shallow | New Zealand Shallow | New Zealand Mid | Chile Shallow |
SE Australia Deep | - | x | 0.018 | 0.009 | 0.236 | 0.005 |
SE Australia Mid | x | - | x | x | x | x |
SE Australia Shallow | 0.004 | x | - | 0.311 | 0.014 | 0.114 |
New Zealand Shallow | 0.005 | x | 0.486 | - | 0.007 | 0.133 |
New Zealand Mid | 0.113 | x | 0.041 | 0.018 | - | 0.021 |
0.006 | x | 0.2 | 0.13 | 0.004 | - | |
Chile Shallow |
Analysis for ITS was done separately from the analysis of the mtDNA (16S + MtC) to incorporate recombination. There was no statistically significant difference among any of the gene flow estimates. X denotes test not done as insufficient data for the comparison.