Table A5.

Sequences were serially removed from sample sets. For each population comparison, Φ_ST was calculated and averaged across all possible combinations of removed samples, and compared with the observed Φ_ST value

Number of samples removed	Average ΦST	Standard error	% change
PRI versus Canada-Greenland
1	0.105	0.008	−4.2%
2	0.089	0.014	13.5%
3	0.090	0.016	11.1%
4	0.096	0.021	4.6%
5	0.102	0.021	−0.7%
PRI versus BBDS
1	0.067	0.009	−1.7%
2	0.058	0.010	15.9%
3	0.059	0.013	10.5%
4	0.064	0.016	2.8%
5	0.069	0.016	−3.9%
PRI versus HBFB
1	0.102	0.025	4.7%
2	0.095	0.014	12.9%
3	0.096	0.016	10.7%
4	0.102	0.021	4.5%
5	0.107	0.021	−0.1%
PRI versus BCB
1	0.035	0.006	−7.6%
2	0.028	0.008	24.5%
3	0.028	0.010	13.9%
4	0.034	0.013	−2.1%
5	0.035	0.014	−4.8%
PRI versus Okhotsk
1	0.114	0.006	−1.5%
2	0.098	0.009	8.1%
3	0.098	0.010	12.2%
4	0.101	0.014	9.6%
5	0.104	0.015	7.5%
PRI versus Spitsbergen
1	0.051	0.028	1.7%
2	0.033	0.008	15.7%
3	0.035	0.011	33.0%
4	0.041	0.016	22.1%
5	0.040	0.013	23.4%