Table 5. Hierarchical analysis of genetic differences (AMOVA) among four sampling locations (see Figure 1) and between temporal samples (2002 and 2003) of Atlantic herring for different genetic markers.
| Source of variation | d.f. |
Microsatellites |
Allozymes |
MtDNA |
MHC |
Cpa112 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F-value | P-value | F-value | P-value | F-value | P-value | F-value | P-value | F-value | P-value | ||
| Among locations | 3 | 0.0016 | 0.005 | −0.0007 | 0.78 | −0.0013 | 0.63 | 0.0052 | 0.067 | 0.0410 | 0.010 |
| Between yrs within locations | 4 | 0.0011 | 0.037 | 0.0018 | 0.25 | 0.016 | 0.001 | −0.0017 | 0.81 | 0.0007 | 0.32 |
Abbreviations: AMOVA, analysis of molecular variance; MHC, major histocompatibility complex; mtDNA, mitochondrial DNA.